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by hypeatei 287 days ago
Not a chance in this administration. Trump pardoned a Navy SEAL war criminal in 2019[0].

> Gallagher was convicted in July of posing with the dead body of a teenage Islamic State captive he had just killed with a hunting knife. He was granted clemency by the president in November in a decision that angered military chiefs.

> fellow platoon members told of a ruthless leader who stabbed the captive to death for no reason then forced his troops to pose for a photograph with the corpse.

0: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/27/eddie-gallag...