Defense Sec. Esper says President Trump directed him to allow Navy SEAL acquitted of war crimes to keep his elite status.
Trump has also intervened in other high-profile murder cases involving U.S. service members, dismissing charges against a Green Beret accused of killing an Afghan man and pardoning a former Army officer serving 19 years for ordering soldiers to fire on unarmed Afghan men.
The Navy had planned to review whether Gallagher should remain in the SEALs after his conviction. Trump on Thursdaythat"the Navy will NOT be taking away Warfighter and Navy Seal Eddie Gallagher's Trident Pin," saying the case was"handled very badly from the beginning." On Friday, Spencer told reporters that he believed the review process over Gallagher's status should go forward. Spencer then
that to end the review process, which had been scheduled to begin Dec. 2, Trump needed to do so with a formal order and not in a tweet.Esper asked for Spencer's resignation after learning that he had secretly made a proposal to the White House to resolve the case,
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