Posted on 10/16/2017 4:31:35 AM PDT by Strac6
Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is set to plead guilty Monday to charges he endangered comrades by walking away from his post in Afghanistan in 2009 -- the court case wrapping up just three years after a stunning Rose Garden spectacle in which former President Barack Obama, flanked by Bergdahl's parents, triumphantly announced the soldier's release from captivity.
Bergdahl was released in May 2014 after a highly-criticized deal in which five Taliban terrorists were set free. At the time, Obama administration officials said Bergdahl had "served with honor and distinction."
The misbehavior charge carries a maximum penalty of life in prison, while the desertion charge is punishable by up to five years.
Meanwhile, serious wounds to service members who searched for Bergdahl are expected to play a role in his sentencing. While guilty pleas would allow him to avoid a trial, he'd still face a sentencing hearing in late October.
Bergdahl's lawyers are expected to reveal in court Monday whether there's a plea agreement in place to cap his punishment, or if he's pleading guilty without such a deal in what's known colloquially as a "naked plea."
Legal scholars have said that several pretrial rulings against the defense have given prosecutors leverage to pursue stiff punishment against Bergdahl. Perhaps most significant was the judge's decision in June to allow evidence of serious wounds to service members who searched for Bergdahl at the sentencing phase. The judge ruled that a Navy SEAL and an Army National Guard sergeant wouldn't have wound up in separate firefights that left them wounded if they hadn't been searching for Bergdahl.
The defense also was rebuffed in an effort to prove President Donald Trump had unfairly swayed the case with scathing criticism of Bergdahl.
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Proof that rushing to coUrt is not necessary. The system will slowly close in until there it is GUILTY.
Too bad capital punishment is so rare these days.
Will the hanging be on Pay-Per-View to benefit the widows of the men who died looking for him?
Execute him by firing squad on national TV.
Just one more Obama screw up reinforcing the world wide perception that he was the worst US president ever!
Because that's how the illicit Muslim sees treason.
Firing squad in saner times.
Can’t stand to see this reprobate in uniform. His father looks like a Taliban member himself. His mother, an unreconstructed stuck in the sixties hippie.
Had he declared himself LGBTetc Obama would have pre-indicted, pardoned him.
Perception? Try again...
Bo is cooked, well done. On the other side we have The disgusting little faggot set free to become another celebrity for the queers to promote and worship. What a difference a Muslim president can make.
DOD JAG was very surprised Obama did not pardon him during last days in office.
Hang him high.
Wait, didn’t Susan Rice say he served with distinction? I am confused.
Will the Twin Punks crowd soon be claiming Bergdahl’s innocence too?
It was the liar Rice. But she was just saying what the Muslim traitor was thinking
Oh, my mistake.
I sure hope so! People were injured and killed searching for him. He willingly walked away and needs to pay the price.
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