{"id":87174,"date":"2019-05-19T06:15:23","date_gmt":"2019-05-19T10:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=87174"},"modified":"2019-05-19T04:21:45","modified_gmt":"2019-05-19T08:21:45","slug":"trump-may-be-preparing-pardons-for-servicemen-accused-of-war-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=87174","title":{"rendered":"Trump May Be Preparing Pardons for Servicemen Accused of War Crimes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nPresident Trump<\/p>\n

The New York Times is reporting President Trump is considering pardons for Americans accused or convicted of war crimes, and the pardons may come as soon as Memorial Day.<\/p>\n

By Dave Philipps<\/strong><\/p>\n

President Trump has indicated that he is considering pardons for several American military members accused or convicted of war crimes, including high-profile cases of murder, attempted murder and desecration of a corpse, according to two United States officials.<\/p>\n

The officials said that the Trump administration had made expedited requests this week for paperwork needed to pardon the troops on or around Memorial Day.<\/p>\n

One request is for Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher of the Navy SEALs, who is scheduled to stand trial in the coming weeks on charges of shooting unarmed civilians and killing an enemy captive with a knife while deployed in Iraq.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nSOC Eddie Gallagher<\/p>\n

The others are believed to include the case of a former Blackwater security contractor recently found guilty in the deadly 2007 shooting of dozens of unarmed Iraqis; the case of Maj. Mathew L. Golsteyn, the Army Green Beret accused of killing an unarmed Afghan in 2010; and the case of a group of Marine Corps snipers charged with urinating on the corpses of dead Taliban fighters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Nicholas
\nNicholas A. Slatten, Blackwater<\/p>\n

\"Maj.
\nMaj. Mathew L. Golsteyn <\/p>\n

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\nMarines urinating on Taliban dead<\/p>\n

The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly, said they had not seen a complete list, and did not know if other service members were included in the request for pardon paperwork.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

One wonders how much influence SOC Gallagher’s prosecutors getting caught tampering with the defense attorney’s e-mails had to do with this, and coming down too harshly on the Marines, whose offense should have been handled at Office Hours. Maj. Golsteyn and Mr. Slatten of Blackwater both had to make a snap decision to protect their people, and then got caught up in lawfare by people who weren’t there and never in their lives had to do the same. <\/p>\n

Justice? Maybe. Take what you can get when you can get it. The article in its entirety may be found here: New York Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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