{"id":66238,"date":"2016-06-09T13:22:40","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T17:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=66238"},"modified":"2016-06-09T13:25:36","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T17:25:36","slug":"rear-admiral-robert-gilbeau-to-plead-guilty-in-fat-leonard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=66238","title":{"rendered":"Rear Admiral Robert Gilbeau to plead guilty in “Fat Leonard”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mick sends us a link to the Washington Post<\/a> which reports that Rear Admiral Robert Gilbeau will plead guilty in the “Fat Leonard” scandal today, acccording to his lawyer. Gilbeau will be the highest-ranking officer to have his nuts caught in the wringer.<\/p>\n

Rear Adm. Robert Gilbeau, a special assistant to the chief of the Navy Supply Corps, is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court in San Diego late Thursday afternoon, court records show. He will plead guilty to one count of making a false statement to investigators, said David Benowitz, his defense attorney.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn this unfortunate situation, he accepts responsibility for the decisions he made and for his conduct,\u201d Benowitz said in an email to The Washington Post.<\/p>\n

In the modern history of the Navy, only a handful of admirals have faced criminal prosecution. Just one admiral has been court-martialed since the end of World War II. A few others have been charged with crimes by civilian authorities shortly after they retired from the service.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Leonard Glenn Francis, known as “Fat Leonard”, was the CEO of Glenn Marine Group which has been found to have overcharged for services that it provided to the Navy and received classified information regarding the deployment of Navy vessels. The Chief of Naval Operations has hinted that about 30 admirals will have been found to have participated in the scheme known as the Fat Leonard Scandal. 29 more to go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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