President Trump comes to the defense of an army officer charged with murder, saying the man's case is now under review at the White House.
The alleged murder occurred just days after two U.S. Marines, Sgt. Jeremy McQueary and Lance Cpl. Larry Johnson, were killed after they entered a building rigged with explosives. Golsteyn was present when the Marines were killed and three others were injured, he said.
According to military documents, the Afghan man was taken into custody over suspicion that he was responsible for planting the explosives that killed the two Marines. He was later released. Golsteyn admitted to killing the suspected bomb maker publicly during an appearance on a Fox News Special Report entitled,"How We Fight" two years after he was given an official reprimand for his actions in April 2014, which brought the case to public attention.A spokesperson for U.S. Army Special Operations Command said at the time that"Golsteyn's immediate commander has determined that sufficient evidence exists to warrant" the charge against him.
Golsteyn sent a letter in January to the commanding general of the Army Special Operations Aviation Command pleading his case and insisting that his answers during his CIA polygraph had been misrepresented. "There is no question that the charge of premeditated murder grossly misrepresents my conduct in Afghanistan and exposes me to the death penalty for serving this nation in accordance with the requirements of my mission," Golsteyn wrote."The military justice system has been compromised in my case."
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