Should U.S. Troops Facing War Crime Accusations Be Pardoned By President Trump?

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Leo Shane III, Military Times: White House considers pardons for troops facing war crime accusations

President Donald Trump may pardon multiple former U.S. service members accused or convicted of war crimes during the upcoming Memorial Day weekend celebrations, according to anonymous officials who spoke with the New York Times this weekend.

Among the individuals being considered for the pardons is Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, who faces trial in coming weeks on charges he stabbed an injured teenage military to death in 2017 in Iraq. The case has grabbed headlines in recent days after a Navy prosecutor sent an email with a secret digital tracking device to a Navy Times editor, raising separate legal questions.

The New York Times reported that other individuals being vetted for some form of clemency include Maj. Mathew Golsteyn, an Army Green Beret accused of killing an unarmed Afghan in 2010, and a group of Marine Corps snipers charged with urinating on the corpses of dead Taliban fighters in Afghanistan in 2011.

Department of Justice officials have not commented on the reports.

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WNU Editor: I can see the group of Marine Corps snipers charged with urinating on the corpses of dead Taliban fighters in Afghanistan being pardoned. The others I am not sure.