4 Brutal Lawyers in Trial of SEAL Eddie Gallagher to Lose Their Medals

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President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. Navy to rescind achievement medals awarded to four military lawyers who viciously prosecuted former Navy SEAL, Eddie Gallagher. Last month, Gallagher was acquitted on murder charges during his high-profile court-martial.

The lawyers put him in solitary confinement for no reason and he couldn’t properly fight his case.

Gallagher’s family accused the Navy of subverting Trump’s command as reports of insufficient meals and living conditions, increasingly difficult circumstances for visitors and phone calls, and more continue piling up – and his new confinement conditions are almost worse than in the brig, they say.

The Navy prosecution or someone connected to it is suspected of leaking information to the media to make Gallagher look bad, and the judge even had to step in and tell whoever is leaking to knock it off.

The prosecution also had no forensic evidence whatsoever.

Trump tweeted: “The Prosecutors who lost the case against SEAL Eddie Gallagher (who I released from solitary confinement so he could fight his case properly), were ridiculously given a Navy Achievement Medal. I have directed the Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer and Chief of Naval Operations John Richardson to immediately withdraw and rescind the awards.

Trump added:  ”I am very happy for Eddie Gallagher and his family! ”

Gallagher was accused of stabbing an ISIS teen prisoner (a terrorist) in Iraq shortly after he was treated by American medics due to injuries he suffered during an airstrike.

Several platoon members alleged they saw Gallagher plunge a knife in the ISIS prisoner’s neck. Gallagher’s attorneys claim he was being framed by a group of disgruntled subordinates.

Gallagher’s lawyers also argued that the ISIS prisoner could have died from his own injuries and that there was no forensic evidence to support the prosecution’s claims that Gallagher murdered him.

During the trial, another military officer with immunity said he killed the terrorist. It was a bizarre trial.

Gallagher was cleared of murder charges.

At the time, Gallagher — a 19-year-Navy veteran — was on his eighth deployment to the Middle East.

He has been awarded two Bronze Stars with V device, Meritorious Unit commendation, Presidential Unit citation two Navy Commendation medals, three Navy and Marine Corps Achievement medals- one with V device, and four good conduct awards.


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TWOHAWK 1
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TWOHAWK 1
4 years ago

I am glad this bad case was turned around.

John S
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John S
4 years ago

I’m a Veteran. I’m ashamed of these JAG off’s lawyers. They don’t belong in the military. They need their azz kicked hard.

John Acord
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John Acord
4 years ago

It’s not just these specific lawyers that should be dismissed from the service, it is the entire culture of the several JAG outfits, including the Air Force and the Army. They were stacked with Obama appointees and hires and reflect the most extreme views on enforcing military regulations. They are intimidating our armed forces wherever they serve. Their actions have led to the deaths and maiming of hundreds of our precious servicemen and women. JAG need to be cleaned out and officers and commanders appointed who understand the dangers and vicissitudes of warfare. Trump needs to do a house cleaning here as well. In addition, these lawyers will probably leave the service and the first place they will apply is to the DOJ or state attorney services. They need to be disbarred and banned from serving as attorneys in any capacity whatsoever. A dishonorable discharge should be a good beginning.

John S
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John S
4 years ago
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It’s not only the military attorneys, it’s also some in command. Like Gallagher’s CO, who took it upon himself to write a disturbing and possibly unlawful letter to the media. He also went against the President’s orders about releasing Gallagher. I guess the CO must not have learned in school that the President is the Commander and in charge of the military, Maybe he’s one of Obama’s toxic appointments.

Flotmorton p. Gildersleeve
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Flotmorton p. Gildersleeve
4 years ago
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These prosecutors need to be disbarred and prevented from ever being part of the Justice system. Leopards never change their spots and these now military Peter Strzok-James Comey types who take the justice system and ignore the rules will be doing the same kind of thing in civilian life. They are the Robert Muellers who will pursue and destroy innocent people, (as Mueller did to the wrongly accused bomber and the guy who died in Prison while Mueller, ( who had overwhelming evidence of the man’s innocence of the murder which Mueller prosecuted him for), kept the man in prison and cost the American Government MILLIONS IN REPARATIONS)…They are the Andrew Weissman s who have no ethics and ignore the U.S. Constitution. I noticed them and people like them while serving as a Marine Officer. They gave the military a bad name….
The Officer, (Gallagher’s CO), who ignored Pres trump’s orders needs to be court-martialed and thrown out of the service. He needs to know that his britches are only as big as his rank…..the egotistical SOB. I am now a lawyer and know that they cheated in their prosecution of Gallagher and I am going to contact the Chief of Naval Operations to voice my opinion. What would work would be to exclude exculpatory evidence in their own Courts Martial………..

V.Lombardi
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V.Lombardi
4 years ago

I want to see the names of these people. I want to know if the secretary follows Trump’s order.