#BREAKING: Secretary of Defense Esper requests resignation of Navy Secretary Spencer.
“Unfortunately...I have determined that Secretary Spencer no longer has my confidence to continue in his position."
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/pentagon-chief-asks-navy-secretary-to-resign-for-handling-of-seal-eddie-gallaghers-case …pic.twitter.com/JhJv1nA212
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The White House planned to stand down and let the
@USNavy disciplinary action continue.https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house-will-not-intervene-in-navys-discipline-of-seal-eddie-gallagher …Show this thread -
Eddie Gallagher was tried for war crimes earlier this year. He was acquitted of murder, but convicted of posing with a corpse.https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/jury-finds-navy-seal-eddie-gallagher-not-guilty-of-war-crimes …
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Navy prosecutors were awarded medals for their "superb results" and "expert litigation," despite losing their trial against Special Warfare Chief Edward Gallagher, a Navy SEAL accused of war crimes.https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/navy-prosecutors-lost-their-trial-against-navy-seal-eddie-gallagher-but-they-got-medals-anyway …
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"The prosecutors who lost the case against SEAL Eddie Gallagher (who I released from solitary confinement so he could fight his case properly), were ridiculously given a Navy Achievement Medal."
@realDonaldTrump rescinded those medals.https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/trump-orders-navy-to-rescind-medals-given-to-prosecutors-who-failed-to-convict-seal-eddie-gallagher …Show this thread
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Actually it comes in the wake of not faithfully executing the Commander in Chief's orders.
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This is about Trump. Not about Gallagher who is the happy recipient of Trump’s goal of showing his base that he is fighting for the little guy.
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As a double stab. Trump has seeded chaos in following the law in the military.
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