On Tuesday, after Navy Secretary Richard Spencer was dismissed over his actions in the case - circumventing Secretary of Defense Mark Esper to tell Trump that Gallagher would retain his pin while publicly advocating that the review process to play out - the Navy formally cancelled Gallagher's Trident review board, according to USNI News.Opening arguments began Tuesday in the trial of a U.S. Trump tweeted last week that the Navy would not take Gallagher's Trident, amid reports that the command still planned to call an administrative review board to determine whether Gallagher would remain a SEAL. Navy Special Warfare Command planned to remove his SEAL Trident pin, which indicates membership in the SEAL community, and dismiss him from its ranks.
Trump insisted that Gallagher's rank be restored, and he will now retire as a chief petty officer. Gallagher was found guilty of posing with the corpse of the teenage ISIS fighter and sentenced to a demotion in rank to petty officer 1st class. Spencer at a Cabinet meeting at the White House, July 16, 2019. "I have directed the Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer & Chief of Naval Operations John Richardson to immediately withdraw and rescind the awards." "The Prosecutors who lost the case against SEAL Eddie Gallagher (who I released from solitary confinement so he could fight his case properly), were ridiculously given a Navy Achievement Medal," Trump tweeted on July 31. The prosecution's case only unraveled from there - it accused Scott of lying and impugned its own witness. Members of the prosecutorial team were given the medals after the conclusion of the case in July, despite the many problems in their case and their failure to get a conviction on almost all of the charges for which Gallagher was being court-martialed.ĭuring the trial itself, one of the prosecution's witnesses, Special Operator 1st Class Corey Scott, admitted to killing the teenage ISIS fighter who had been captured. Trump after pardoning Butter, the national Thanksgiving turkey, during a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden, November 26, 2019. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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