Posted on 10/15/2021 3:08:45 PM PDT by Enterprise
Lt. Col. Scheller was issued a letter of reprimand and a forfeiture of $5,000 worth of pay for one month after pleading guilty to all charges in his Court Martial hearing at Marine Base Camp Lejeune on Thursday.
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I was thinking the same, his anti-Trump rant bought him leniency.
Exactly!
Their putting him in the brig helped.
That’s way lighter than I assumed.
Bannon had Bernie Kerik — who helped out Navy Seal Eddie Gallagher and is helping in this case — on the show this morning. They were talking about the hearing this morning where the presiding judge stated flat-out that he had never had anyone before his court with the distinguished record of Lt. Col. Scheller.
Really, they don’t need any more attention to the complete historic, biblical failures that he pointed out
He has already talked about resigning his commission, so that probably was also taken into account.
You mean public opinion didn’t have something to do with the punishment? Come on. Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
Discharge to be decided
Scheller has yet to receive his characterization of discharge. As a part of the plea deal, he will likely receive either an honorable discharge or a general discharge under honorable conditions. The characterization of discharge will be decided by the secretary of the Navy, the military judge said in court on Thursday.
If the secretary of the Navy decides to give Scheller a discharge below general under honorable conditions, Scheller will then want the characterization of discharge to be forwarded to a board of inquiry, which is made up of Marines who are superior to Scheller. Scheller said he would only ask for a board of inquiry if the secretary of the Navy gives Scheller a discharge outside of the two listed in the plea deal.
Scheller's characterization of discharge is significant because it will impact whether or not he receives other military benefits after resigning from the Marine Corps. If he receives an honorable discharge, he will be eligible for benefits, but if he receives any discharge less than that, he stands to lose some military benefits.
The comparison to Lt.Col. Vindman in treatment and media is day & night!
Really, they don’t need any more attention to the complete historic, biblical failures that he pointed out
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This!
Is that typical? Impressive at any rate.
In resigning his commission with under 20 years served, he loses his pension and retirement benefits but he’s raised over $2.5 million so he’s going to be just fine.
He pled guilty to all charges.
He got off light because the sentencing judge agreed with what he said. Maybe.
This was most like his reward for denigrating Trump.
“Well, it could have been a lot worse. But I guess his criticism of Trump could be considered as a mitigating factor.”
Or perhaps the Marine rank and file told the deep state jags to cut the crap or suffer summary consequences.
Absolutely NO doubt on that count. My late father, a 3 war Marine, sat on court martial boards and he would G2 this immediately.
Maybe I should rob a bank and go on an anti Trump tirade so I could get a suspended sentence.
Is it true that his wife left him over this?
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