Bowe Bergdahl court-martial conviction for Army desertion thrown out by federal judge

Bergdahl pleaded guilty in 2017 to desertion, was dishonorably discharged from Army but spared prison time

Louis Casiano | Fox News

 

A former U.S. Army soldier who pleaded guilty to desertion after leaving his post while deployed in Afghanistan and was subsequently captured and tortured by the Taliban had his court-martial conviction vacated Tuesday. 

The ruling by U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton in Washington D.C. said that military judge Jeffrey Nance, who presided over the court-martial of Bowe Bergdahl, failed to disclose that he had applied to the executive branch for a job as an immigration judge, creating a potential conflict of interest.

Fox News Digital has reached out to the Army and Justice Department. 

Walton noted that former President Trump criticized Bergdahl during the 2016 presidential campaign. Bergdahl's lawyers argued that the criticism placed command influence on Nance. Read more and see video here.

McCarthy Says Impeachment Inquiry Will Begin Once the Biden White House Does This...

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It’s not that I don’t like the position Speaker Kevin McCarthy took on the subject. It’s a rational decision, but I am worried that Republicans might get cold feet. The ongoing Biden corruption saga is gathering momentum. The evidence is mounting. And it’s being confirmed, with credible witnesses and whistleblowers detailing an intricate and sordid tale of wrongdoing compounded by the Justice Department's interference in the agencies investigating the president’s son on tax issues. Why was the DOJ so aggressive in its meddling? Some roads circle back to Joe Biden, specifically the Burisma bribe, where Joe and Hunter were paid $5 million each in 2015-16. 

 

The California Republican hinted that the allegations surrounding the president and his son rise to the level of an impeachment inquiry. He doubled down on that position this week, adding that the impeachment red line would be when Biden officials start to withhold documents (via Fox News): Read more, see tweet and video here.

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