Good. Wait for the outcry that he had no shot at a fair trial.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/16/politics/bowe-bergdahl-guilty-plea/index.html
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sgt-be...7798?mod=nwsrl_ny_politics&cx_refModule=nwsrl
During the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump said Bergdahl "should be shot" for walking off his post.
"In the good old days, he would have been executed," Trump said.
After Trump became President, Bergdahl's lawyers argued the judge should dismiss the charges because of Trump's comments, claiming Trump violated Bergdahl's due-process rights and saying it would not be possible for Bergdahl to get a fair trial.
But a military judge ruled against dismissing charges. Bergdahl later chose to be tried by a military judge rather than a jury.
In an exclusive interview obtained by ABC last year, Bergdahl said he didn't think he would be able to get a fair trial after Trump's comments that he should be shot.
"We may as well go back to kangaroo courts and lynch mobs. They got what they wanted," Bergdahl said. "People who are to the point of saying, 'Yeah, just shoot him' -- you can never convince those people to change their minds."
So sad, too bad. Not.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/16/politics/bowe-bergdahl-guilty-plea/index.html
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sgt-be...7798?mod=nwsrl_ny_politics&cx_refModule=nwsrl
During the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump said Bergdahl "should be shot" for walking off his post.
"In the good old days, he would have been executed," Trump said.
After Trump became President, Bergdahl's lawyers argued the judge should dismiss the charges because of Trump's comments, claiming Trump violated Bergdahl's due-process rights and saying it would not be possible for Bergdahl to get a fair trial.
But a military judge ruled against dismissing charges. Bergdahl later chose to be tried by a military judge rather than a jury.
In an exclusive interview obtained by ABC last year, Bergdahl said he didn't think he would be able to get a fair trial after Trump's comments that he should be shot.
"We may as well go back to kangaroo courts and lynch mobs. They got what they wanted," Bergdahl said. "People who are to the point of saying, 'Yeah, just shoot him' -- you can never convince those people to change their minds."
So sad, too bad. Not.