Judge to decide Trump's sway in US Army deserter Bergdahl's case

[Miles Archer]

A military judge will weigh whether President Donald Trump’s critical statements about U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl have hurt the soldier’s chances of getting fair treatment in the desertion case that could send him to prison for life.

Bergdahl’s lead attorney, Eugene Fidell, argued on Monday that the 31-year-old Idaho native should be spared prison time because the Republican president has unlawfully influenced the proceedings.

“His statements clearly called for Sergeant Bergdahl to be severely punished,” Fidell said in court at North Carolina’s Fort Bragg.

Bergdahl pleaded guilty last week to walking off his combat outpost in Afghanistan in June 2009 and endangering the lives of fellow troops. He was quickly captured by the Taliban and spent the next five years suffering torture, abuse and neglect in captivity.

https://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/judge-to-decide-trumps-sway-in-us-army-deserter-bergdahls-case/

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Wait, a worthless piece of SHIT

chickenhawk is criticizing a soldier?

no way

[Thomas Hurt]

2. The Bonespur Patriot speaks....doesn't know what he is speaking about...

he is not this guy's judge. He was not tried and convicted yet and the fascists were calling for blood. So much for constitutional rights or military law.

Unless Trump has some kind of say in his sentencing as CinC, he should keep fat yap shut.

Personally, I think he should do some time, but I am not the judge. I don't know that there is some provision for shortening the sentence due to his captivity.