“I am completely unaffected by any opinions President Trump may have about Sgt. Bergdahl,” the judge said. He added that prosecutors had convinced him that the Trump comments won’t put “an intolerable strain” on the public perception of military courts.
I think his comments about mitigating were a few days before this but not sure
There are mitigating and aggravating factors
He said he would use trumps words as mitigating factors. Look at the sentence. You think he didnt???