WALSH: So this trial is expected to go through July 5. Actually, at the beginning of the month, the judge actually removed the lead prosecutor in this case because of these spying allegations.ĬORNISH: How long is this trial expected to take? Prosecutors placed email trackers in emails sent to defense lawyers and a reporter for Navy Times to try to find the source of thousands of pages of leaked documents in the case. There are also allegations of spying on the defense. The president did respond when several mainly Republican congressmen signed a letter asking Trump to remove Gallagher from the brig where he had been since September 11, 2018, after he was accused of trying to intimidate witnesses in the case. Gallagher's name has been mentioned on that list, though nothing has happened so far. WALSH: So President Trump has hinted that he may pardon a number of people accused of war crimes. Can you talk about how that's affected things going in? It took almost a year for the investigation to get underway, so there's no body, no crime scene, which makes this case very dependent on testimony.ĬORNISH: This case has received so much pretrial publicity, and President Trump has weighed in. The incident happened on a deployment in Mosul in 2017. The defense has also said at least some of the SEALs won't back the prosecution's case, including one SEAL listed as an eyewitness to the stabbing. WALSH: So his defense attorney, Tim Parlatore, has described the got-him-with-my-knife comment as a joke. Now, seven SEALs have been granted immunity to testify in this trial.ĬORNISH: What are Gallagher's lawyers saying? The next month, Gallagher is also charged with shooting an elderly man and then, later in July, a young girl. WALSH: So in May 2017, Gallagher is accused of stabbing a wounded teenage ISIS fighter and posing with the body, then texting a photo to a fellow SEAL, saying, good story behind this - got him with my hunting knife. What is Chief Gallagher accused of doing? He joins me.ĬORNISH: Steve, let's start with the charges. Steve Walsh with member station KPBS has been covering the case for months now. SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher is charged with a number of violations related to his military service in Iraq in 2017. The trial of a Navy SEAL accused of war crimes got underway in San Diego today.
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