,
6 tweets,
3 min read
Read on Twitter
Trump is considering pardons for US servicemen accused or convicted of war crimes, including high profile cases of murder & attempted murder. One request is for Navy SEAL Gallagher, who's scheduled to stand trial for gunning down unarmed civilians.
#Maddow nyti.ms/2Hr6V2d
#Maddow nyti.ms/2Hr6V2d
Trump has also requested pardons for: Blackwater guard Nicholas Slatten, convicted of shooting dozens of unarmed Iraqis; Army Green Beret Mathew Golsteyn, accused of murdering an unarmed civilian; and Marine snipers accused of defiling a corpse.
#Maddow
#Maddow
Trump wants to pardon Gallagher, who was called a mass murderer by Senior Navy SEALs. “He routinely parked an armored truck on a Tigris River bridge & emptied the truck’s machine gun into neighborhoods with no discernible targets.”
THREAD by @ScottHech –>
THREAD by @ScottHech –>
Recall, Trump recently pardoned convicted war criminal Michael Behenna, who admitted in court that instead of driving Ali Mansur home as he was ordered, he took Mansur to a railroad culvert, stripped him, and questioned him at gunpoint before killing him.
