He congratulated Gallagher on his acquittal on most charges via Twitter. Trump also considered pardoning Gallagher before the trial, before deciding against it. One of the president’s personal attorneys, Marc Mukasey, joined the defense team soon after. In March, Trump intervened and released Gallagher from the Miramar brig, where he’d been held since his arrest in Sept. Duncan Hunter, R-Alpine, was an early supporter of Gallagher and lobbied President Donald Trump on the SEAL’s behalf.
The pay grade in which military members retire affects their pensions.īefore the trial, the Gallagher case became a cause célèbre in conservative media as Gallagher’s wife and brother made rounds on several cable news shows. He’s convicted of being in a photograph.” “For an offense that ordinarily would mean verbal or written counseling, (Gallagher) will lose a significant amount of money in a retirement pension. Timothy Parlatore, one of Gallagher’s attorneys, said Tuesday he is disappointed Gilday did not grant clemency, given the misconduct of Navy officials during the court-martial and the less serious nature of the offense for which Gallagher was convicted. Gilday decided to uphold the sentence as adjudged by a jury of Gallagher’s peers,” Christensen said, “but disapproved the automatic reduction in rate to E-1.” “After careful consideration as the convening authority, Adm. Gilday reviewed the record of the trial and a request for clemency from Gallagher’s defense attorneys, Christensen said. Mike Gilday overruled the requirement, his spokesman Cmdr. On Tuesday, Chief of Naval Operation Adm. One hiccup in the sentencing became apparent immediately after trial: service members sentenced to confinement are usually automatically reduced to E-1, the lowest grade in the military, not to E-6 as Gallagher had been. A jury comprised mostly of Marine combat veterans sentenced Gallagher to a reduction in rank and four months’ confinement, which the SEAL had already served before trial.
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