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
he said it was an act of mer mercy, he was afraid the boy would be tortured by them. gallagher was charged with taking a photo with a dead isis fighter and was demoted in rank. a decision that president trump reversed allowing the seal to retire with honor even after pentagon leaders urged the president not to interfere. speaking through his attorney, he said my first reaction to seeing the videos was surprise and disgust that they would make up plies aboy lies about me. but i quickly realized the they were scared the truth could come out of how cowardly they acted on deployment. it showed there was conflicting stories about allegations of gallagher killing civilians and other misconduct. we re seeing only one very small slice of the story in a way that is not reflective of
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 there were conflicting stories of gallagher killing civilians and other misconduct. really, you re seeing a small slice of the story not reflecting what the ultimate result was. reporter: president trump s determination to reverse the military s punishment of gallagher against the advice of top pentagon officials was so controversial navy secretary richard spencer was ousted. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff insists that discipline anded a her race, to war will not suffer. we will maintain good order and discipline. we will not turn into a gang of raping, burning and pillaging. reporter: but some say it s all led to festering bad feelings.
mercy, he was concerned the boy would be tortured by them. 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
reaction to seeing the videos was surprise and disgust that they would make up plate end lies about me. but i quickly realized that they were scared that the truth would come out of how cowardly they acted upon deployment. his attorney says the tapes were 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 s not reflective of what the ultimate result was. president trump s determination to reverse the military s punishment of gallagher against the advice of top pentagon officials was so controversial navy secretary richard spencer was ousted. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff insist that discipline and adherence to the laws of war will not suffer. we do maintain and we will maintain good order and