![]() ![]() The chief petty officer was arrested in 2018, more than a year after returning from his eighth overseas deployment in Mosul, in northern Iraq. Gallagher, who did not testify in his own defense, insisted his accusers were disgruntled subordinates with no prior battlefield experience and had fabricated allegations against him over grievances with his leadership style and tactics. The most prominent accusation and the best-attested to was the murder of a prisoner of war, a war crime. On Tuesday, the jury heard from two doctors who said Gallagher suffered repeated concussions during his combat career, putting him at high risk of brain degeneration and visual impairments that will require ongoing medical attention. Criminal allegations Gallagher was accused of multiple offenses during his final deployment to Iraq and during the Battle for Mosul. ![]() ![]() military personnel accused of war crimes, and Gallagher’s case was widely believed to be one of those under review.Īsked about the possibility of pardon now that the court-martial was over, Marc Mukasey, another member of Gallagher’s defense team who is also one of Trump’s personal lawyers, said, “We have not had contact with the White House since the trial began.” Nineteen-year veteran Edward Gallagher will stand trial on war crimes charges, including premeditated murder, that prosecutors say he committed while. Trump said in May he was considering pardons for a number of U.S. ![]()
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