Trump tweeted that he directed officials to “immediately withdraw and rescind” the Navy Achievement Medal from prosecutors who argued the case against Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher.
that he had directed the secretary of the Navy and the chief of naval operations to “immediately withdraw and rescind” the Navy Achievement Medal from prosecutors who argued the case against Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, who was acquitted by military jurors in San Diego earlier this month.
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 Jereal Dorsey said that on Wednesday, after Trump’s tweet, Navy Secretary Richard Spencer rescinded the awards.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.The move appeared to be a highly unusual presidential intervention in a case Trump had personally championed and drew immediate condemnation.
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. The 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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