12 of the nfl. With we have your highlights as early today starts right now. Good monday morning ih controversy at its fallout from a dispute of the navy how the case of Edward Gallagher was handled. Hes the navy s. E. A. L. Accused and then acquitted of war crimes President Trump tweeted he was not happy with the way the navy handled the trial and announced Richard Spencers services have been terminated, thanking him for the service. The president also said the ambassador to norway Ken Braithwaite will be nominated for the position Kelly Odonnell has more reporter a major shakeup at the pentagon the Navy Secretary is out, asked to resign by defense secretary mark esper over his handling. E gallagher. Richard spencer was already under pressure when he disputed reports about the controversy saturday i did not threate to talk Aboud Ede Gallagher is e of them. Reporter the pentagon chief caller actions deeply troubling. The Navy Secretary privately proposed to the white house that if offi
And the reasons why some victims choose to not move forward through the military justice process. This is about three hours. Okay. Thank you for joining us this morning. Were going to be looking at the perspectives of the services military Justice Division chiefs regarding conviction and acquittal rates, case adjudication process, and victim declination. [ inaudible ] [ inaudible ] does the article 32 statute and its implementing rule, rule for courtmartial 405, provide an effective check for charges against which there is no probable cause . Ill start with you. So, i think for the past several years the procedural requirements have change and statutory change for the requirement for the victim to testify. And as a result, in many cases that the governments most significant evidence. In the those cases where a victim chooses to not to testify, the government is basically making its case based on the paper file. And so i will say that those changes over time have, have reduced the proce
Okay. Thank you for joining us this morning. Were going to be looking at the perspectives of the services military Justice Division chiefs regarding conviction and acquittal rates, case of adjudication process and victim declination. Thank you. [ inaudible ] [ inaudible ] forecourt mash sal 405 as currently drafted provide an effective check against charges for which there is no probable cause. Ill start with you. So, i think for the past several years the procedural requirements have change and statutory change for the requirement for the victim to testify. And as a result, in many cases that the governments most significant evidence. In the those cases where a victim chooses to not to testify, the government is basically making its case based on the paper file. And so i will say that those changes over time have, have reduced the procedural requirements of article 32 but i still think its a valuable check. First off, there is an experienced judge advocate looking at the case and evid
It was created in 2015 in accordance with the act in 2015 as amended. Our mandate is to advise the secretary of defense on investigation, prosecution of allegations of Sexual Assault and other Sexual Misconduct involving members of the armed forces. Please note that todays meeting is being transcribed. A complete written transcribe will be posted on the website. Todays meeting will begin with the dac ipads fiscal 2018 for acquittal rates of Sexual Assault in the military based on case documents from all military Sexual Assault cases closed during the fiscal year. Next, staff director will provide an overview of the Draft Department of defense report on allegations of misconstruct. This draft report was submitted to the dac ipad in fulfillment of the Defense Authorization act for fiscal year 2019. Following the overview of the report, Service Representatives involved in the report, drafting and Data Collection will appear before the committee to answer questions about the data, and the
Whatever the case, that special election called for december 12th. The feeling seems to be that mr. Moore, judge moore is in a heap of trouble. And that he would likely lose, even if theres a writein vote for the man he defeated, luther strange. If that happens, the vote is divided, democrat wins. After that point, you have close a margin as you want, 5149 favoring republicans down from 5248. You dont want to risk losing republicans anymore that you can. To politico capital hill reporter, and rachel, to you first, the prospect this moore stuff is beginning to complicate, maybe actually speed up this process. What do you think . I think republicans decided he is more after liability than an asset. There is of course, you mentioned the tax bill. There is a fear that he will lose a seat that should have been the safest seat on the map for republicans, red state, alabama. That would mean one less vote for tax reform. This was already going to be close. So they do want to move as fast as po