9/24/2023 0 Comments Navy seals charged with war crimesThe judge presiding over the case released Gallagher from custody altogether in May.A Navy SEAL chief accused of shooting civilians in Iraq and stabbing an injured enemy fighter to death while they were receiving getting medical attention was found not guilty of murder and attempted murder charges Tuesday.Įddie Gallagher, a decorated veteran, faced charges for more than a dozen crimes while deployed in Iraq, but on Tuesday was convicted of only a single charge of posing with the dead body of an ISIS fighter. Trump demanded in March that Gallagher be set free from a military brig and placed in confinement at a Navy base. Gallagher’s attorney said outside court on Tuesday that he would likely go home Wednesday because he has already served time in pretrial detention. Two Navy SEALs in Gallagher’s unit testified that they saw Gallagher stab the fighter, but one changed his story on the stand by saying he, and not Gallagher, caused the victim’s death by suffocating him. “We knew I was innocent of these charges the whole time, and I overcame it by having my strong wife with me the whole time.” “They tried to frame me as a criminal from the get-go, but we knew the truth the whole time,” Gallagher told Fox News. The president had previously considered pardoning Gallagher if he was found guilty. Trump’s tweet came after a Wednesday interview on “Fox & Friends” during which Gallagher thanked Trump, Fox News and two congressmen for their support during his trial. Navy Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher and his wife, Andrea, leave a military court on Naval Base San Diego President Trump.
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