The Navy Times reports NCIS has seized 'cell phones and electronic communications' since February in a search for evidence that Gallagher asked other SEALs to 'obstruct justice or retaliate against junior sailors who ratted him out for war crimes. The case was handled very badly from the beginning. Gallagher is formally arraigned in San Diego. The Navy will NOT be taking away War Fighter and Navy Seal Eddie Gallagher’s Trident pin, Trump tweeted on 21 November. He's held at San Diego’s Naval Consolidated Brig Miramar. Gallagher pleads not guilty to multiple charges, including killing the Islamic State captive and unarmed Iraqi civilians in June and July 2017. Later, Gallagher allegedly texts, 'I got this one with my knife.' Prosecutors say he used it as a prop in a re-enlistment ceremony. Gallagher and other members of his platoon posed with the prisoner's body. On this day, military prosecutors say, Gallagher killed a captive teen-aged Islamic State combatant by stabbing him in the neck and chest in a Navy SEAL post near Mosul, Iraq.

He served eight tours of duty and is the recipient of two Bronze Stars with valor and other awards. He served as medic and completed SEAL training in 2005. Observers sounded off on Twitter over the SEAL's new job and the Times' decision to promote him.Gallagher enlisted in the Navy in 1999. Trump has called Gallagher 'one of the ultimate fighters.' Along with all sorts of items emblazoned with the logo 'KILL BAD DUDES,' the site sells a 'Waterboarding Instructor' shirt.Īs Common Dreams reported in December, Gallagher's behavior while deployed to Iraq was so heinous that his fellow SEALs referred to him as 'toxic,' 'freaking evil' and a murderer who 'just wants to kill anybody he can.' Like a sponsored athlete of the world's most dangerous sport, he regularly shows off the logos and clothing of a number of right-wing veterans' groups that push a distinct brand of patriotism, including an apparel brand run by the SEAL veteran who made the knife Chief Gallagher was accused of using to kill a captive. Following the lead of many micro influencers, Chief Gallagher's Instagram account has also endorsed veteran-owned coffee beans and muscle-building supplements with macabre names like Double Tap and Total War.

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