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Government Corruption
Army board defies POTUS pardon, refuses to return awards to Retired Maj. Matthew Golsteyn
2021-03-19
[MAIL] The US Army refused to return medals for valor to a former Green Beret who was charged with war crimes and later pardoned by President Donald Trump, unsealed documents have revealed.

Retired Maj. Matthew Golsteyn was stripped of his medals and his membership in the elite Green Berets after being with charged with premeditated murder in the 2010 shooting death of a suspected Taliban bombmaker in Afghanistan.

The trial was canceled after Trump stepped in and pardoned Golsteyn by executive order in November 2019.

Golsteyn filed an appeal the following month to restore his Distinguished Service Cross, the military's second-highest honor, as well as his Special Forces tab.

But documents obtained by USA Today this week showed the Army rejected the appeal to restore Golsteyn's medals last June - six months after declining to reinstate his Special Forces designation.

In a letter disclosing the decision the board cited a letter from the Justice Department which said Trump's pardon did not fully exonerate Golsteyn.

'Presidential pardon is a sign of forgiveness and does not indicate innocence,' the board wrote.
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Matthew Golsteyn: 2018-12-14 US Army Special Forces officer charged with the murder of Taliban bomb maker
Posted by:Besoeker

#9  Has any US General been "fragged" ?
Posted by: Phinetch Wherese4624   2021-03-19 16:07  

#8  More Wokish virtue signaling from the brass. Do they think about anything else?
Posted by: Ebbaiting and Tenille9388   2021-03-19 13:00  

#7  Pusillanimous REMFs that don't have half of their predecessor's worth. There is a Revolutionary War monument to Benedict Arnold's Boot, yes that Benedict Arnold, for his earlier service. Stripping all of the major's medals for that one action is [chicken manure] IMO.
Posted by: magpie   2021-03-19 12:26  

#6  
NOT speaking to the case but the general question of authority.

Any Legally issued Presidential Pardons issued per the US Constitution is legally binding and must be followed and may not be rescinded.

Doing so constitutes "Defying an Order" issued by the Commander In Chief. Under UCMJ normally they would have just flushed their careers and should be court-martialed on a slew of very serious charges. Even more serious than A-88, A92 issues.

As I said NORMALLY .
Right now... If Russia or China was to attack I am not sure our Upper Level Military Officers would react or going on Vacation in Hawaii.




Posted by: NN2N1   2021-03-19 08:42  

#5  ^That was when USA was a bunch of former colonies somewhere close to the end of the world. You're, planned or not, an empire now.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-03-19 07:11  

#4  Expand the Navy, making the Marines the expeditionary force for the country, and downsize and restructure the active Army on the Swiss system. You are now grasping why the founders put their faith in the people and militia rather than a sustained large standing army to protect the regional security of country.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-03-19 07:06  

#3  One could think the military has gone native and is validating Taliban grievances.
Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660   2021-03-19 05:37  

#2  The military is officially broken - and disobedient.
Posted by: These Forkbeard7574   2021-03-19 02:31  

#1  Un-person.
Enemy of the People.
Most unWoke.
Harass bother worry and destroy him.
Posted by: Albert White3480   2021-03-19 01:01  

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