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Pardoned after sentence served
Behemma was soldier convicted of murdering an Iraqi detainee under his control. He served 5 years in prison.
For more, read the News in FiVe story.
CATEGORIES: Military, Espionage, War CrimesOne of President Trump's top fund-raisers in 2016. Elliott Broidy pleaded guilty in 2020 to conspiring to violate foreign lobbying laws as part of a covert campaign to influence the Trump administration on behalf of Chinese and Malaysian interests.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Click here to read the White House statement.
For more on the crimes committed by Broidy, read the Washington Post story.
Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher had been charged with premeditated murder for stabbing to death a teenage prisoner of war in Iraq. He was acquitted for the murder, but convicted of posing with the corpse. He was demoted. Trump's pardon restored his higher rank.
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CATEGORIES: Military, Espionage, War CrimesMaj. Matthew Golsteyn was charged with premeditated murder for ambushing an Afghan man who had been released from custody in 2010. His pardon comes before the case was tried.
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CATEGORIES: Military, Espionage, War CrimesFirst Lt. Clint Lorance was convicted of ordering his troops in Afghanistan to shoot and kill Afghan men on motorcycles. The shooting violated the military's rules of engagement, and Lorance tried to cover up the action.
Lorance was six years into a 19-year sentence for his conviction.
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CATEGORIES: Military, Espionage, War CrimesSaucier was a Navy sailor who pleaded guilty in 2016 to illegally retaining photos of a submarine's nuclear propulsion system. He also pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice. He served 12 months in prison.
For more, read the News in FiVe story.
Click here to read the White House Press Secretary's comments on the pardon.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Click here to read the White House statement.