![]() One has even called on President Donald Trump to step in and have the case dismissed. Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, a decorated 39-year-old veteran of combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, is still a hero in the eyes of many Americans and the rightwing Fox News channel - and his case may even become a factor in next year’s presidential elections.Īround 40 Republican members of Congress have written an open letter demanding Gallagher - who denies the charges against him - be set free until he stands trial. ![]() The defense plans to show jurors Wednesday videotaped testimony from an Iraqi general who handed over the wounded captive to Gallagher.LOS ANGELES - Stabbing a teenage prisoner to death, picking off a young girl and an old man with a sniper rifle and firing a heavy machinegun into a residential area: These are some of the charges facing an elite US Navy SEAL on trial for war crimes while deployed in Iraq. A SEAL who spotted Gallagher testified Wednesday he never saw him shoot any elderly man that day. Two other SEAL snipers from the platoon testified that Gallagher shot an old man and a young girl in Mosul weeks after the stabbing, though neither saw him pull the trigger. ![]() The specialist also linked Gallagher to a text message sent to a comrade that bragged: “Got him with my hunting knife.” The government rested its case Tuesday after calling its last witness - a computer specialist who testified that Gallagher had texted a photo to a comrade in which he clutched the hair of the dead captive in one hand and a knife in the other. They say there is no physical evidence to support the claims. ![]() Defense lawyers contend that the accusations come from SEALs who offered tainted or even false testimony to oust a platoon chief they hated. ![]()
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