put other soldiers at risk and we all acknowledge thark but on a personal level, he gained no advantage and spent the next five years in a cage and then was released. the terms were agree jous. they went to qatar and life in qatar had been miserable and they were followed 24/7 i might be able to agree to that, but that was not the case. so in this particular case, you ve got a sergeant that s now going to be dishonor bly discharged. he is going to have to live with this for the rest of his life. gets no benefit. he s going to have to find a community that s going to be able to embrace that type of individual who conducted these kinds of actions and a ban donned his buddies. it s a horrible thing all around. absolutely zero sympathy for bo de bergdahl on this. the president tweeting about the sentencing right after it happened. the complete and total disgrace to our country and military. do you think the president should be weighing in on this at all? i don t. again, one thing i ll
new tonight, president trump angry that bowe bergdahl will not spend any time in prison. anouning the ruling for the sergeant who deserted his post in 2009. the president tweeting this, the decision is a complete and total disgrace the to our country and military. bergdahl was captured and held hostage by the taliban for five years. he came home as part of a controversial exchange for guantanamo bay detainees. bergdahl pleaded last month to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. he originally faced life in prison, but prosecutors asked the judge for a 14-year sentence. today, the judges had decided bergdahl will be dishonor bly discharged and fined $1,000 a month for the next ten months. nick valencia is out front. bowe bergdahl walked into court on friday at ft. bragg,
with more vitamins. and 25% less saturated fat. only eggland s best. better taste. better nutrition. better eggs. the decision is in, arm sergeant bergdahl is spared prison time for abandoning post in afghanistan back in 2009 but was dishonor bly discharged. today s military decision also reducing his rank from sergeant to private. he will have to pay a $10,000 fine. you know the story, he was captured by the taliban after he walked away from his post, held hostage for five years and released in a prisoner swap between the u.s. and taliban. back when president trump was running for office, he charged bergdahl should have been put to death. tired of sergeant bergdahl who is a traitor.
visibly tensed. he was dishonor bly discharged. he has looked forward to today for a long time. it was the culmination of a nearly ten-year saga for the 123i-year-old who just last month pled guilty to desertion and misbehavior in front of the enemy. it was june 30th 2009 when bergdahl deliberately walked away from his post in afghanistan. within hours, he was captured by the taliban and held hostage for almost five years. bergdahl said he spent most of the time living in a metal cage. beaten and tortured. several servicemen were injured while looking for bergdahl in afghanistan including master sergeant mark allen, who was shot in the head and left paralyzed. in 2014, bergdahl was leased in a controversial prisoner swap for five detainees and during the campaign, then candidate donald trump blasted the decision. and bergdahl. we re tired of sergeant bergdahl, that s a traitor, who should have been executed.