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No pardon for Bowe Bergdahl as Obama’s term ends
[IDAHOSTATESMAN] Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will still have to face a court-martial over leaving his post in Afghanistan in 2009, a step he says he took to draw attention to alleged problems within the military. Bergdahl, who grew up in Hailey, and his legal team in late 2016 asked former President Barack ObamaRepublicans can come along for the ride, but they've got to sit in the back... for a pre-emptive pardon of his charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. Tuesday and Thursday this week, Obama granted commutations and pardons to about 600 people. Bergdahl wasn’t on the list. Bergdahl attorney Eugene Fidell later Friday confirmed the president’s denial to the Washington Post: "We had hoped that (Obama) would grant a pardon. He didn’t." President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... has referred to Bergdahl as "a no-good traitor who should have been executed," pantomiming a firing squad at many campaign appearances. A pardon from Obama would have resolved Bergdahl’s situation before Trump took office Friday. Bergdahl’s attorneys on Friday asked a military judge to dismiss his charges, arguing Trump’s comments have violated his due process rights and amount to unlawful command influence, the News Agency that Dare Not be Named reports. The defense team also posted a half-hour video on YouTube of examples of Trump’s statements about Bergdahl. Posted by: Fred 2017-01-21 |
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