A Navy SEAL charged with murdering a wounded person and shooting at noncombatants will be moved to 'less restrictive confinement,' President Donald Trump announced
Washington A Navy SEAL charged with murdering a wounded person and shooting at noncombatants will be moved to"less restrictive confinement," President Donald Trump announced Saturday.
Trump tweeted,"In honor of his past service to our Country, Navy Seal #EddieGallagher will soon be moved to less restrictive confinement while he awaits his day in court. Process should move quickly! @foxandfriends @RepRalphNorman."In honor of his past service to our Country, Navy Seal #EddieGallagher will soon be moved to less restrictive confinement while he awaits his day in court.
— Donald J. Trump March 30, 2019 An attorney for the SEAL in question told CNN that the timeline was"still being worked out" on the change to his client Eddie Gallagher's confinement."One would hope that when a directive has been issued by the President it would happen quickly, so our anticipation is that it will happen today or tomorrow," attorney Phillip Stackhouse said in an email Saturday morning to CNN.Again, many thanks to President Trump, as well as approx.
— Rep. Ralph Norman March 29, 2019 Gallagher has been charged with various violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice while deployed to Mosul, Iraq, in 2017. He has been accused of stabbing and murdering a wounded person, shooting at noncombatants and posing for a photo and performing his re-enlistment ceremony next to a dead body.Read MoreThe Navy did not have a comment on Trump's announcement and referred CNN to the White House. CNN has reached out to the White House for details.
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