Gallagher was acquitted by a military jury earlier this year of charges he murdered a wounded Islamic State terror group fighter during his deployment to Iraq in 2017.
He has every right, authority and privilege to do what he wants to do," he added. “The president is the commander-in-chief. He gave me the order that Eddie Gallagher will retain his Trident pin," Esper said of the pin signaling membership in the elite unit, adding Gallagher would retire at the end of the month. special warfare operator convicted of battlefield misconduct to retire as a member of the Navy SEALs and not face a review board.Įsper told reporters Monday the order regarding the fate of Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher came directly from the president. "I have to protect our war fighters,'' Trump said in explaining why he asked Defense Secretary Mark Esper to allow a U.S. President Donald Trump has defended his intervention in the case of a Navy SEAL accused of war crimes in Iraq.
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