Bowe Bergdahl Fast Facts
Personal
Birth place: Sun Valley, Idaho
Birth name: Bowe Robert Bergdahl
Father: Robert Bergdahl
Traveled throughout Europe before enlisting in the Army.
It is believed he was being held by the Taliban and the al Qaeda-aligned Haqqani network in Pakistan.
Timeline
May 2009 – Is deployed to Afghanistan.
December 7, 2010 – His captors release a nearly 45-minute video of a man identified as Bergdahl.
February 2011 – Another video of Bergdahl is released.
May 6, 2011 – Bergdahl’s father makes his first statement since the disappearance of his son. He releases a YouTube video asking for his son’s release.
June 12, 2011 – Bergdahl is promoted to sergeant.
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Bergdahl files lawsuit claiming undue command influence by Trump, McCain Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl apologizes for desertion and charges related to leaving his post in Afghanistan. Former Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has filed a lawsuit alleging “unlawful command influence” against former President Donald Trump, the late Sen. John McCain, and asking whether the judge overseeing his case should have disclosed that he had applied for a “lucrative job” at the justice department. Bergdahl claims the “scandalous meddling” in his case likely violated his Constitutional rights to due process. Before and during his 2016 presidential campaign, Trump “repeatedly vilified” Bergdahl, the lawsuit claims, describing him as a traitor and suggesting he should be executed by firing squad or joked that he should be thrown from a plane without a parachute.