Navy SEAL prosecutors to be stripped of achievement medals following Trump order
WASHINGTON — Navy officials said Wednesday they are pulling achievement medals from prosecutors who argued the case against a decorated Navy SEAL who was acquitted in the death of a wounded Islamic State captive after President Donald Trump intervened.
Navy spokesman Cdr. Jereal Dorsey said that on Wednesday, after Trump's tweet, Navy Secretary Richard Spencer rescinded the awards. As secretary, he has that authority, Dorsey said. Ten awards were given out earlier in July to members of the team and people associated with the case by the Navy's Region Southwest Legal Service Office in San Diego, seven Navy achievement medals and three letters of accommodations.
Story continuesThe judge determined the effort violated Gallagher's constitutional rights and, before the case went to trial, reduced the maximum possible punishment for the murder charge from life in prison without parole to the possibility of parole.
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