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New York Times: Trump requests paperwork to pardon accused US war criminals

Knuckle Ball

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New York Times: Trump requests paperwork to pardon accused US war criminals

Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump has requested paperwork allowing him to move forward quickly with pardons for accused US war criminals, The New York Times reported Saturday.

The pardons from a President who on the campaign trail expressed support for "tougher" tactics than waterboarding and going after the families of terrorists could come "on or around Memorial Day," two US officials told the Times.
One military official told the Times that the White House made its request to the Justice Department on Friday, and that while pardon files typically take months to assemble, the Justice Department had stressed the files needed to be completed before the coming Memorial Day weekend.

The Times said those who could potentially receive clemency include a Navy SEAL who is facing trial for shooting unarmed civilians and murdering a wounded person, along with a range of others accused or convicted of shooting or killing unarmed civilians.

Trump previously expressed sympathy for Eddie Gallagher, the Navy SEAL in question, in a March tweet saying he would be moved to "less restrictive confinement" ahead of his trial.
"In honor of his past service to our Country, Navy Seal #EddieGallagher will soon be moved to less restrictive confinement while he awaits his day in court. Process should move quickly! @foxandfriends @RepRalphNorman," Trump tweeted.


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Gallagher was charged last year for the various violent incidents in Iraq during 2017.
On the campaign trail, Trump implied he would support torturing detainees as president, and after significant pushback for his enthusiastic comments about waterboarding and killing the families of terrorists, he reversed the position in a statement. But just days after taking the oath of office, Trump again expressed support for torture and said he "absolutely" believed it works.
Trump's potential pardons for accused and convicted war criminals, if issued, would mark the latest gesture from the US President toward a change in standards for US war efforts and treatment of detainees that he intimated on the campaign trail.

Earlier this month, Trump pardoned Michael Behenna, a former Army soldier who was sentenced to 25 years in prison for killing a detainee he drove into the Iraqi desert and shot twice. In April, the Trump administration revoked the visa for the chief prosecutor on the International Criminal Court, and a spokesperson said at the time that the US would take necessary steps "to protect our people from unjust investigation."
The ICC, which the US is not a member of, sought authorization previously to open an investigation into crimes committed by US troops in Afghanistan.
CNN's Jennifer Hansler and Kevin Bohn contributed to this report.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/18/politics/donald-trump-war-crime-pardons/index.html

So Making America Great Again now includes pardoning accused American war criminals. This is just twisted.
 

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I thought pardons were for convictions. These are just accused.
 

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Earlier this month, Trump pardoned Michael Behenna, a former Army soldier who was sentenced to 25 years in prison for killing a detainee he drove into the Iraqi desert and shot twice.
This guy was definitely convicted and not "just accused"!!
 

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I thought pardons were for convictions. These are just accused.
Ford pardoned Nixon even though he had never been convicted of a crime. Apparently the POTUS can preemptively issue a pardon.
 

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Former Marine Commandant Gen. Charles Krulak strongly denounces Trump's intention to pardon convicted US war criminals. The US veterans' online journal Task & Purpose runs Krulak's comments in its current edition.

https://taskandpurpose.com/krulak-statement-trump-warcrimes

Someone has told Trumpy that Nixon became more popular after pardoning James Calley, so Trumpy wants to do the same thing.
 

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Former Marine Commandant Gen. Charles Krulak strongly denounces Trump's intention to pardon convicted US war criminals. The US veterans' online journal Task & Purpose runs Krulak's comments in its current edition.

https://taskandpurpose.com/krulak-statement-trump-warcrimes

Someone has told Trumpy that Nixon became more popular after pardoning James Calley, so Trumpy wants to do the same thing.
He is pardoning soldiers who have executed Muslims. It’s red meat for his base.
 
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