1/31/2024 Breaking: stunning verdict reached in war crimes trial of navy seal eddie gallagherRead Now![]() ![]() Trump ordered Esper over the weekend to allow Gallagher to retain his Navy SEAL rank, the defense secretary said Monday, and the Navy peer-review case into Gallagher was suspended.30+ Years of Freedom of Information Action In the end, Spencer’s desire to prevent Trump from intervening with the Navy’s peer-review process didn’t work.To make matters even more confusing, Trump blamed Spencer’s ouster on Gallagher being treated “very badly” and for not dealing with budgetary cost overruns from the Obama administration.According to Washington Post columnist David Ignatius, Spencer’s deal with the White House was an attempt at a compromise and he was trying to avoid a direct order from Trump about the issue.But in a letter acknowledging his firing, Spencer seemed to suggest otherwise, writing that he no longer shares “the same understanding with the Commander in Chief who appointed me, in regards to the key principle of good order and discipline,” presumably referring to Gallagher keeping his SEAL rank.The tension between the White House and Navy came to a head on Sunday, when Defense Secretary Mark Esper made the dramatic move of firing Navy Secretary Richard Spencer, later accusing him of going behind his back to secretly negotiate a deal with the White House that would have allowed Gallagher to retain his SEAL status as long as Trump didn’t directly interfere with the Navy’s own review board.Defying Trump, Navy leadership publicly announced last week that an internal peer-review board would decide whether Gallagher would be able to keep his Trident pin, which indicates his rank as an elite Navy SEAL. ![]() Trump took up the cause of Gallagher-who was been championed by conservative media-and reversed his demotion, restoring his Navy SEAL status, over the objections of Navy leaders.The scandal stems from a ruling in which Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher was acquitted in July of murdering a teenage ISIS fighter in Iraq but was convicted of taking a photo with his corpse and demoted. ![]()
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