Walton must have missed the part where Bergdahl pled guilty.
A federal judge has vacated the sentence handed to former Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was captured by the Taliban after deserting his Afghanistan command post in 2009 — saying the military jurist who heard the case may have been influenced by former President Donald Trump’s disparaging remarks about the AWOL soldier.
US District Judge Reggie Walton ruled Tuesday that Bergdahl, who pleaded guilty in October 2017 to charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, would have his sentence overturned due to his court-martial judge’s failure to disclose a possible conflict of interest.
That judge, Army Col. Jeffery Nance, sentenced Bergdahl to be dishonorably discharged and fined $1,000 a month for 10 months.
The now-overturned sentence attracted criticism for not including prison time, given that Bergdahl’s capture led to the death of a Soldier and injuries to four others who searched for him.
……Bergdahl’s attorneys only learned of the application years later during the appeal process, leading them to challenge Nance’s ruling in civil court. They argued the colonel had reason to appease Trump’s distaste for Bergdahl to better Nance’s chances at receiving a judicial appointment.
The argument was based on comments Trump, now 77, made during his 2016 presidential campaign when he criticized then-President Barack Obama’s decision to return Bergdahl to the US in exchange for the release of five Taliban members held at Guantanamo Bay.
In his criticisms, Trump called Bergdahl “‘the worst,’ ‘no good,’ a ‘bum,’ a ‘wack job,’ a ‘piece of garbage,’ a ‘son of a bitch’ and ‘a very bad person who killed six people,’” the Soldier’s attorneys wrote in court documents.
……Walton agreed with Bergdahl’s argument in the opinion issued Wednesday, vacating “all orders and rulings issued by [Nance] … as of October 16, 2017, and thereafter — which was the date when that military judge submitted his employment application for an immigration judge position.”
Here’s the pig who threw out the conviction:
He hates Trump. But of course, that didn’t influence his decision, right?
Walton concluded that Trump hurt Bergdahl’s feelz and that Nance’s vie for immigration judge somehow affected the outcome. Bull Shit.
Bergdahl wasn’t “captured”. When he walked away from his post, he deliberately sought out the Taliban so he could join them.
He left his gear in a nice neat little pile along with a note that explained he was running away. He willfully collaborated with the enemy and declared himself ‘mujahid’ and allegiance to Islamic jihad. The attacks his unit endured got more methodical and precise after his desertion.
During his stay with the Taliban, he converted to Islam.
It took some time before charges were even brought against the little shitbag, since Obama treated him like a pet to advance his political agenda.
The New York Post got the death toll completely wrong.
Six Soldiers were killed looking for his worthless ass:
On August 18, an IED killed Private First Class Morris Walker and Staff Sergeant Clayton Bowen during a reconnaissance mission. On August 26, while conducting a search for a Taliban shadow sub-governor supposedly affiliated with Bergdahl’s captors, Staff Sergeant Kurt Curtiss was shot in the face and killed. On September 4, during a patrol to a village near the area in which Bergdahl vanished, an insurgent ambush killed Second Lieutenant Darryn Andrews and gravely wounded Private First Class Matthew Martinek, who died of his wounds a week later. On September 5, while conducting a foot movement toward a village also thought affiliated with Bergdahl’s captors, Staff Sergeant Michael Murphrey stepped on an improvised land mine. He died the next day.
B. Hussein traded five of the worst muzzie cutthroats at GITMO for this piece of shit.
They should have left him with the Taliban. They should have considered him an enemy combatant and killed him on the battlefield.
Barring that, he should be taken out and shot. And take Obama with him.
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