Donald Trump granted pardons to Army 1st Lt. Clint Lorance and Maj. Mathew Golsteyn. He reversed a demotion of Edward Gallagher, a Navy Seal.
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump intervened in three war crimes cases Friday, pardoning a former soldier convicted of second-degree murder and an Army major charged with executing a man suspected of being a Taliban bomb-maker.
Trump has described the men as heroes operating in difficult circumstances and the cases became a cause celebre among conservatives. Critics say the pardons set a bad precedent, signaling the U.S. won't honor military conventions and international law. Behenna was convicted by a military court of killing an unarmed suspected al Qaeda captive who had been stripped naked before being shot. More: Can Trump really do that? The presidential pardon power, explained
Story continuesGolsteyn was charged with executing a man suspected of being a Taliban bombmaker who had been ordered to be released after an interrogation.
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