Rep. Duncan Hunter, an advocate for the pardoning of a Navy SEAL who has been charged with war crimes, said he is guilty of doing one of the things Eddie Gallagher is accused of during his own time in the Marines
Rep. Duncan Hunter, an advocate for pardoning a Navy SEAL who has been charged with war crimes, said he is guilty of doing one of the things Eddie Gallagher is accused of during his own time in the Marines.
“Eddie did one bad thing that I’m guilty of too: Taking a picture of the body and saying something stupid,” the California Republican said at a border-issues forum in Ramona, Calif., according to theGallagher, a special operations chief, faces homicide charges after being accused of committing crimes in Iraq in 2017; he is set to stand trial in June.
Hunter told the forum he had taken pictures “just like that" when he was overseas but didn’t share them.Hunter’s comment comes after a New York Times report that said President Donald Trump may be preparing to pardon several service members — including those accused or convicted of murder or attempted murder — on or around Memorial Day. The Trump administration made expedited requests for pardon paperwork — including one for Gallagher, The New York Times reported.
Hunter said he “absolutely” would love to see Trump pardon Gallagher, the San Diego publication reported. In a, Hunter wrote: "Gallagher cannot expect to receive even a semblance of a fair trial. A pardon by Trump is fully warranted." Hunter, who was first elected in 2008 to succeeded his father in Congress, is a retired Marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. He was reelected in November 2018 while being under indictment on charges of misusing campaign funds.
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