Army won't reinstate elite status of soldier given clemency by President Trump.
last November, it said in a letter to his lawyer obtained by NBC News.
Army Green Beret Maj. Matt Golsteyn was accused of killing an Afghan man while deployed to southern Afghanistan at the time of the man’s death in 2010 and returned to the U.S. without any charges. He was charged after he admitted to the killing during a polygraph for a job at the CIA. Golsteyn said he killed the man, an alleged Taliban bombmaker, in an ambush.
Trump in November dismissed charges against Golsteyn, also intervening in two other high profile war crimes cases. He pardoned Clint Lorance, a former Army officer serving 19 years for ordering soldiers to fire on unarmed Afghan men and promoted Edward Gallagher, a Navy SEAL convicted of posing with a dead body but acquitted of more serious charges.
The Army in December notified Golsteyn's lawyer that it was denying a request to reinstate his Special Forces tab, a decision it reaffirmed on Thursday. The Army agreed to forgive more than $10,000 that Golsteyn owed as a result of being on leave. The decision to deny Golsteyn's request could put the Army at loggerheads with the White House. Trump's role in Gallagher's case, restoring Gallagher's Trident pin, resulted in a showdown between the White House and the Pentagon which ultimately led to theCourtney Kube is a correspondent covering national security and the military for the NBC News Investigative Unit.
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