truth to advance the message not put out the facts. that s not their job. pete: dan bongino, thank you very much. you are the host of the renegade republican. thanks a lot. thanks, guys. abby: want to get to other headlines this morning. sergeant bowe bergdahl will not get off that easy. his lawyers arguing that he won t get a fair trial thanks to president trump s past criticism of him. he is a traitor, a no-good traitor. he was a dirty rotten deserter. abby: military judge calling those comments, quote, disturbing. but don t prevent bergdahl from receiving a fair trial. berg doll is facing life in prison for abandoning his post in afghanistan. the u.s. traded five of the taliban s worst for his return. his trial is scheduled for april. and pray on your own time. that is the message from the tolerant left at louisiana town hall meeting as lawmakers attempt to begin with an opening prayer. watch.
sergeant bowe bergdahl could face a maximum punishment of life behind bars. u.s. military officials and multiple jag officers could not tell us why berg doll would not face a maximum death penalty for those alleged ucmj breaches. one army retired general with knowledge it can only be sought in time of war and technically u.s. did not declare war on afghanistan. there will be a preliminary hearing, like a grand jury the judge has the ability to send the case to a general court martial, a special court martial, or dismiss the charges all together. sergeant bergdahl could also face a dismawrnl discharge and forfeiture of pay. remember before these charges were brought, today there was a 1200 page army investigation into why bergdahl left his base in 20099. at least three of the five taliban leaders released from guantanamo bay in exchange for bergdahl have tried to plug back into their old terror network, according to a u.s. official
door now is if you ve got advantages you want to seek against the united states. right. get it done in the next two years. it s really true. it s like start checking the boxes. get it done before 2016 while they can. by the way, this is a lesson that we have taught, in fact. this is the instruction and the road map that we have given, general. when you look what happened here with the berg doll and the taliban swap. when you look at the israel/gaza conflict. when you look at the crisis in ukraine, there is no leadership here sending a clear message that these things are not going to be tolerated. there is an old saying in the military that if you create a strategic vacuum somebody s going to fill it. yes. generally you don t like who fills it and throughout the globe, from europe to the middle east to the as the ambassador says to china and elsewhere we, who in the past have been the guarantor of freedom and stability in the world have literally walked ourselves back away
acting in the first place. the sign on the white house door now is if you ve got advantages you want to seek against the united states. right. get it done in the next two years. it s really true. it s like start checking the boxes. get it done before 2016 while they can. by the way, this is a lesson that we have taught, in fact. this is the instruction and the road map that we have given, general. when you look what happened here with the berg doll and the taliban swap. when you look at the israel/gaza conflict. when you look at the crisis in ukraine, there is no leadership here sending a clear message that these things are not going to be tolerated. there is an old saying in the military that if you create a strategic vacuum somebody s going to fill it. yes. generally you don t like who fills it and throughout the globe, from europe to the middle east to the as the ambassador says to china and elsewhere we, who in the past have been the guarantor of freedom and stability
i don t think he s ready to sort of bow out to the second elections he thinks he s been cheated out of. thank you very much, val vali nasr. always great to see you. army sergeant bowe bergdahl is ready to return to active duty. the military officials telling nbc news the former p.o.w. is now in the final stages of reintegration. that s their word. at ft. sam houston in san antonio, texas. bergdahl will likely be assigned a defrk job on the base and for the first time since his release from captivity, he ll be free to leave the base without a military or medical escort. still not known whether he s finally been in touch with his parents. but berg doll is now believed to be ready to be questioned for the first time by military officials who are investigating whether he dezertsed his post in afghanistan back in 2009.