accused of murder. the secretary richard spencer considering stepping down after trump demanded that the navy stop a probe of chief petty officer edward gallagher. live on the phone, nbc news correspondent courtney kube. what s happening here? reporter: a lot of people are familiar with this case. eddie gallagher, president trump waded into the case several times, getting him moved out of confinement months ago while still on trial and openly weighing in throughout the course of the process. gallagher was acquitted of murder charges of killing an isis detainee in iraq, but he was found guilty of posing with a photograph. or posing for a photograph with the isis detainee s body, which, of course, is against the law. it s a war crime. president trump was furious when he found out that the navy was going to undergo a review board process. what they call a trident review
discharge on that and that would have been the big problem for eddie gallagher because he could have lost his pension and benefits. that is not open to them. so all he can be sentenced with is up to four months in jail. and as i say, wolf, he has already served this. listen, this case has captivated like few other court marshals because it gave us insight into the usually secretive world of the sal of the s.e.a.l.s and there was a bombshell dropped who had been called by the prosecution and he said, yeah, i saw eddie gallagher stab this young isis detainee, but i actually killed him. cory scott said i actually killed him. i put my finger over his trach cube and asphyxiated him and he would die any way and i was scared woe be tortured. and the problem for the prosecution, there was no forensic evidence. this was an inaccessible crime scene away in iraq and no body
now to an up tate on the war crimes trial of a navy s.e.a.l. after the shocking confession this week by another seal that he was the one who killed an isis prisoner in iraq. the family of the man spoke about that in an interview with steve patterson. at the center of a war crimes trial spiraling with twists and turns, the family of deck ated navy s.e.a.l. chief is speaking out. their testimony on the stand, i think, reveals exactly what my husband was saying all along is true. they are cowards, they are liars. gallagher faces multiple charges from a tour of duty in iraq. including the murder of an unmanned isis detainee. he stabbed a man in the neck. but this week, a bombshell. the prosecutors own key witness, cory scott, who was granted immunity, admitting to a stunned courtroom that it was he, not gallagher who killed the