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After pardon, Blackwater guard is defiant: 'I acted correctly'


After pardon, Blackwater guard is defiant: ‘I acted correctly’
By ERIC TUCKER The Associated Press,Updated January 2, 2021, 9:44 a.m.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Evan Liberty was reading in the top bunk of his cell one evening late last month when a prison supervisor delivered news he had hoped for.
“He says, ‘Are you ready for this? Liberty recalled. I said, ‘Uh, I’m not sure. What is going on?’ He said, ‘Presidential pardon. Pack your stuff.’
Liberty is one of four former Blackwater contractors pardoned by President Donald Trump in one of Trump s final acts in office, wiping away their convictions in a 2007 shooting rampage in Baghdad that killed more than a dozen Iraqi civilians. Even for a president who has repeatedly exercised his pardon power on personal associates and political supporters, Trump s clemency for the contractors was met with especiall ....

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Blackwater guard defends actions following Trump pardon, saying, 'I'm just confident in how I acted': AP


Blackwater guard defends actions following Trump pardon, saying, I m just confident in how I acted : AP
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Blackwater guard defends actions following Trump pardon, saying, I m just confident in how I acted : AP
Evan Liberty, one of the four former Blackwater contractors pardoned by President Trump last month for their roles in the 2007 killings of more than a dozen unarmed Iraqi civilians, said in his first interview since being released from prison that he believes he acted correctly.
Liberty, whose nearly 30-year sentence was cut by half last year, told The Associated Press this week that his actions were justifiable, adding that he and the other contractors responded to a threat accordingly. ....

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