Posted on 12/16/2018 2:11:18 PM PST by BenLurkin
President Donald Trump has tweeted that he plans to "review" the case of US soldier Mathew Golsteyn, charged with murdering an Afghan civilian in 2010.
The Army Green Beret Major allegedly shot someone he described as a suspected Taliban bomb-maker during his deployment.
He was charged with murder last week, allegations he denies.
But President Trump has complicated proceedings with his tweet, saying he will now be "reviewing the case". Decorated US soldier 'admitted murder in CIA job interview'
Maj Golsteyn "could face the death penalty from our own government", he wrote, saying he was getting involved in the case "at the request of many".
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This will never go to trial. This guy has so much shit on so many other special operators, including the CIA, they will quietly drop the case. The discovery hes entitled to would expose a lot of dirty secrets with the CIA. If the government refuses to turn over the documents based on national security, the government will be forced to drop the charges.
Show me the corpse....
GOOD!!!!!!!
Splodey heads already explodin.
Not that I'm an expert in such matters...but I still have an opinion.
I believe that DJT's best course of action is to carefully look into the issue, and if warranted, issue a pardon before there is any further legal action.
There are many reasons, some being the interest of justice, and some being that it would get all of our troups on his side.
In other words he “took him for a ride’ Chicago style. Surprised BHO didn’t offer the man a position on his staff.
Yes,unless I'm mistaken he has the power to "pardon" a member of the Armed Forces before a court martial has begun and while one is in progress.I've read that the worst thing a President can do is to simply comment on a particular military criminal issue...which,under the UCMJ,can be seen as "undue command influence".Such an act can,as I understand it,work against the accused.
Interesting. Was he in the First Division? ‘Terrible Terry’ Allen was known to utter such admonitions and it was one of a number of things that got him returned to the USA and not getting a third star.
I am not sure. He was very young and joined the troops in Africa and they immediately went over to Italy. He was in Italy for the duration of the war and met my mother there.
He was 17 in 1944 when they were taking anyone. He joined whatever force came over from Africa and marched up the boot, but I do not know which of the groups that went up the boot that he was affiliated with.
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