Posted on 08/20/2021 4:43:35 PM PDT by PROCON
The Department of Justice filed a motion this month to dismiss a petition filed by Bowe Bergdahl in which he sought to have his military conviction and sentence overturned.
Bergdahl, a former U.S. Army sergeant, has filed multiple appeals in an effort to overturn his conviction after he pled guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy when he fell captive to the Taliban in June 2009 after leaving his outpost in eastern Afghanistan. Bergdahl most recently filed an appeal in February, alleging former President Donald Trump and the late Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) exerted undue influence over his case.
On August 2, the Justice Department’s civil division filed a motion asking U.S. District Court Senior Judge Reggie Walton to throw out Bergdahl’s appeal.
In their motion, the DOJ noted prior claims Bergdahl had raised that undue influence from Trump had undermined his right to a fair trial.
“Mr. Bergdahl’s claims of unlawful command influence were considered, and rejected, three times by the military judge presiding over his court-martial, and they were rejected another five times by military courts of appeal,” the DOJ’s motion reads. “During court-martial proceedings, Mr. Bergdahl brought three motions based on alleged unlawful command influence, first based on statements by Senator McCain, and then on remarks by President Trump. The parties offered over two hundred pages of briefing and exhibits, and extensive argument on the allegations, and the military judge issued three carefully-reasoned decisions rejecting Mr. Bergdahl’s claims.”
When Bergdahl initially went missing from his post in 2009, thousands of U.S. troops stationed in Afghanistan joined the search efforts to find him. Several U.S. troops were injured during search efforts in the months directly following Bergdahl’s disappearance.
“During the course of that grueling effort, many got sick. Some sustained serious, life-altering injuries,” the DOJ motion states. “Then-Corporal Jonathan Morita was shot in his dominant hand with a rocket-propelled grenade. Senior Chief James Hatch was shot in the leg at close range with an AK-47, shattering his femur, and requiring eighteen follow up surgeries.
Master Sergeant Mark Allen was shot in the head, requiring over a dozen surgeries. He was left suffering chronic pain for the rest of his life, unable to speak, interact with his children, or perform any basic life functions for himself.”
Allen died in 2019, at the age of 46, after a series of illnesses 10 years after he was shot, CNN reported.
In addition to noting Bergdahl’s guilty plea at trial, the DOJ motion noted, “Mr. Bergdahl acknowledged his role in bringing about these consequences. He explained that ‘[s]aying the words ‘I’m sorry’ is not enough . . . . [o]ffering condolences isn’t enough . . . . I can only hope that my accepting responsibility for my mistake . . . can help.”
While prosecutors originally pushed for Bergdahl to face up to 14 years in prison, he was ultimately given no prison time. A judge instead gave Bergdahl a dishonorable discharge, a reduction in rank and a forfeiture of some of his pay.
That he had the audacity to ask that his conviction and sentence be overturned is outrageous.
Glad the DOJ refused him.
Ping
A timely piece of news.
i assume he is in Kabul reunited with his Taliban buddies by now
We need a refund
Right on!
Ping.
I can’t believe this turd hasn’t received some barracks justice.
If he moves to Afghanistan, grant his motion
every breath that POS draws is proof of how lawful a gun owning citizenry we are or he’d of been a deadunit years ago...
Mrs bergdahl must have lost her touch
So has he learned how to speak English again?
‘While prosecutors originally pushed for Bergdahl to face up to 14 years in prison, he was ultimately given no prison time. A judge instead gave Bergdahl a dishonorable discharge, a reduction in rank and a forfeiture of some of his pay.’
He should have been shot!
John lindh the American taliban should have been executed on the battlefield but he is now out of jail and still holds extremist beliefs. Dont worry though the real bad guys are the Capitol riotors and they will be dealt with.
Drag this piece of crap into the nearest courtyard and hang him by the neck until he is dead.
Then piss on his corpse.
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My Army son knows several guys that served with Bergdahl. They all said that he was always a POS. I was in Fayetteville, NC visiting my son who was stationed at Ft. Bragg. That is when Bergdahl was brought there for his trial. The Soldiers were not allowed to be around him. Otherwise, barracks justice would have prevailed. We were all disgusted when he got off so lightly. He truly is a POS.
Yes, and that Jane Fonda is still alive after all these years.
Good for them. And I’m moderately surprised the DOJ is supporting the Army.
Surprisingly good news.
Should have been hanged.
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