Trump's comments on Green Beret charged for war crime riles experts.
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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/president-trump-s-comments-green-beret-charged-murder-rile-legal-n949546
According to all sides involved, Golsteyn first admitted to the killing during a CIA job interview in 2011, which triggered an investigation by the Army Criminal Investigation Command, or CID.
Golsteyn was not initially charged with a crime because of a lack of physical evidence, but he was issued a formal reprimand and stripped of his Silver Star, the military's third-highest award for valor, and his Special Forces patch.
Now that the probe has been rekindled in a military court, Golsteyn faces a maximum penalty of death.
Rachel VanLandingham, the former chief of international law with U.S. Central Command under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, and now a professor at Southwestern Law School, told NBC News that Trump, as commander in chief, has "an obligation to ensure a fair administration of military justice."
To do this, VanLandingham said, the president cannot pressure lower-level commanders to make decisions, which she believes the president did in his tweet on Sunday.
Um didnt this guy murder a prisoner? And trump is going to try and back this bloke because he killed a brown person?
Thats literally it, he was being charged with premeditated murder, and trump ran in to act like a hero to save a "patriot".
I mean, yeah
He pardoned Joe Arpaio and he's repeatedly espoused his support for torture and is rather infamous for the words 'go after their families' when speaking about antiterrorism
He's not a very nice person, Tinyhands
unlike other times where his tweets have been dismissed, the last time he 'looked into' a case, his tweets against bergdal were used as mitigating evidence by the judge.
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