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His appeal failing in the court of militaty justice, Bergdahl’s defense now takes it to the Federal bench, doubtless hoping for a SCOTUS hearing.<\/p>\n
David sends.<\/p>\n
Attorneys allege ‘scandalous meddling’ by political leaders<\/em><\/strong> BOISE, Idaho (AP) \u2013 A former U.S. Army soldier who was court martialed after he left his post in Afghanistan and was captured by the Taliban is asking a federal judge to overturn his military conviction, saying his trial was unduly influenced when former President Donald Trump repeatedly made disparaging comments about him and called for his execution.<\/p>\n Bowe Bergdahl filed the complaint in federal court in Washington, D.C. last month, asking a judge to overturn his court martial conviction. Bergdahl says Trump’s statements and actions by the late U.S. Sen. John McCain and his military judge violated his Fifth Amendment right to a fair trial. <\/p>\n “The scandalous meddling in a specific case by leaders of the political branches \u2014 one of whom was Commander in Chief of the armed forces \u2014 would never be tolerated if the proceeding had been a criminal prosecution in this or any other federal district court and should not be tolerated in a court-martial,” Bergdahl’s attorneys wrote in the court filing.<\/p>\n Bergdahl was charged with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy after the then-23-year-old from Hailey, Idaho, left his his post in Afghanistan in 2009. The soldier maintained he was trying to get outside his post so he could report what he saw as poor leadership within his unit, but he was abducted by the Taliban and held captive for nearly five years.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I was under the impression that in order to wield undue command influence, one actually had to be in command. Read the entire article here: Fox News<\/a><\/p>\n Thanks, David.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\nREBECCA BOONE<\/strong><\/p>\n