Posted on 10/05/2021 12:33:57 PM PDT by House Atreides
Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller has been released from the brig at Camp Lejeune, N.C., as the Marine Corps weighs whether to charge him for making several videos and social media posts demanding accountability from U.S. military leaders over the Afghanistan withdrawal.
A source close to the case said Marine Corps officials on Tuesday refused to make an initial hearing open to the public or allow it be recorded. Media outlets asked for a delay in the hearing so they could raise their objections in federal court.
Just before Tuesday’s hearing, Marine Corps officials at the base agreed to release Lt. Col. Scheller from the brig — where he had been held in pre-trial detention for a week without any charges having been filed against him.
He remains subject to a gag order from his commander at the base, said the source, who asked not to be identified because of another gag order issued by court officials.
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Perhaps his comments on President Trump were part of his release conditions.....
I want my money back. He does not want Trump MAGA help. I do not need him.
In this case, there’s no need for a gag order. Idiotic!
What are they afraid of?
This guy criticized actions already taken. He did not
criticize actions ordered but not carried out yet. He did
not openly criticize during a campaign.
In this instance, there was a need for someone/anyone to
tell it like it was.
If you don’t want people sounding off, act in a professional
manner from the top. Otherwise, you get what you deserve.
I see that purported statement of his in very few places on the internet. I’m not sure it’s real.
If they charge him, then they need to charge Lieutenant Colonel Alexangder Vindman and General Mark Milley for the same crime.
He walked those comments back. You either think he is wronged or not. His opinion on President Trump really has nothing to do with it. But I think it’s telling that their are still people who believe that the “right” President can bring this Country together when we all know that is just never going to happen.
Well yeah...being a Trump & Trump family basher has its advantages. Just think if he’d been a staunch supporter! Why he’d be in solitary confinement with no end in sight.
After fully vaccinating him, LOCK HIM UP!
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This seems to be increasingly common in the USSA today where incarceration without charges is now nothing unusual.
That’s what I’m thinking!
In a rational country this would be true but we no longer live in one.
Well good, even though I disagree with his denunciation of us & President Trump, I still stand with him on his statement that has gotten him in trouble.
YUp. “Oh he hates Trump, he’s not a security threat. Free him!”
In the military an officer NEVER speaks critically against another officer and especially against a superior officer under any circumstances. Doing so publicly makes it even worse.
Not many parts of the Constitution apply to the military and certainly not the 1st Amendment right of free speech.
I’m sure his trashing President Trump had NOTHING — absolutely nothing — to do with his release.
This man has lost a lot of good will.
He offered to resign but they won’t let him. They want to make an example of him. I am ex Navy but this country is not worth fighting for unless things change drastically.
“being a Trump & Trump family basher has its advantages.”
I’ve heard that he bashed several other presidents along with Trump.
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