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May 20, 2019

Trump Considering Memorial Day Pardons for War Criminals
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President Trump may be considering Memorial Day pardons for American
military members accused or convicted of war crimes. One of the requests
is reportedly for Navy SEALs Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher,
who is facing charges of shooting unarmed civilians and killing a
wounded captive teenage fighter by stabbing him with a knife then
staging a re-enlistment ceremony over the dead teenager's body. Click
here to see our recent interview about Edward Gallagher with New York
Times reporter Dave Philipps.
Another pardon request is believed to be for Blackwater contractor
Nicholas Slatten, who was twice found guilty of first degree murder in
the deadly 2007 Nisoor Square massacre in Baghdad which killed 14
unarmed Iraqi civilians. He was sentenced to life in prison last
December.


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