Navy SEAL Demoted For Taking Photo With Corpse Of ISIS Fighter
Earlier Wednesday, President Trump congratulated Edward Gallagher and his family on the end of his legal ordeal. In response, they said, "Thank you Mr. President ... for all you have done."
by Bill Chappell
Jul 03, 2019
3 minutes
Updated at 4:13 p.m. ET
A military jury has sentenced Navy SEAL Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher to a demotion and reduction in pay for posing with a dead prisoner's body on the battlefield. A jury convicted Gallagher of that crime on Tuesday but acquitted him of charges that he murdered the captive ISIS fighter.
The jury also sentenced Gallagher to four months' confinement — the maximum allowed — but he won't serve any additional time because
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