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punning abed, the alleged terrorist, in the stomach, and that s where these assault charges stem from. jon: so which side called huertas for his testimony? was he called by the defense or the prosecution? reporter: he was called by the defense because he tells a very different story about what happened that night. the three of them were there at the box which is the small holding cell where abed was being held. he says they were there, but he says there was no assault. and, of course, that is contradictory to the prosecution s key witness, kennedy mar tee know who claims there was, indeed, an assault and he saw it. the defense yesterday put on a whole string of witnesses to try to discredit that testimony by demar tee know, so it s continuing here in norfolk, virginia. jon: very quickly, what kind of punishment is mccabe facing? reporter: well, he could get, if he s found guilty, he could get a year in the brig, and he could have a dishonorable discharge and have his pay and his ra
they ll do that today. we don t know how long that ll take, then we ll have the closing arguments, then deliberations by the jury and then a verdict, so i expect a verdict won t come today although i suppose it is still possible. things are a little bit slower than expected inside the courtroom with those witnesses today. one of them testified from iraq, and he s julio huertas, one of the navy seals who was acquitted last month in this very same case. he was found not guilty of any wrong doing in the case. he testified from iraq that he and the other two navy seals were actually in the detense cell that evening for a short time. they had come by to check on the master at arms who was in charge of holding the prisoner at that time to see if kevin demar tee know needed anything. now, kevin was the key witness yesterday for the prosecution. he claims that at one point he did witness matthew mccabe