eddie gallagher was convicted on a charge of taking a photo with with a dead isis fighter and was then demoted in rank. a decision president trump reversed allowing the s.e.a.l. to retire with honor even after pentagon leaders urged the president not to interfere. speaking through his attorney, eddie gallagher told cnn my first reaction to seeing the videos was surprise and disgust that they would make up blatant lies about me. but i quickly realized that they were scared that the truth would come out of how cowardly they acted on deployment. his defense attorney said the tapes were, quote, a road map to acquittal because they showed there were conflicting stories about allegations of gallagher killing civilians and other misconduct. >> really you're only seeing one very small slice of the story. in a way that is not reflective of the ultimate result. >> reporter: president trump's determination to reverse the