Posted on 11/21/2019 7:32:46 AM PST by jazusamo
The attorney for Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher said on "Fox & Friends" Thursday that the Navy is trying to humiliate his client by potentially taking away his SEAL Trident, as President Trump reaffirmed his support for the embattled soldier.
"This is an action that they could have taken at any time from July right after the verdict, until today," his lawyer Tim Parlatore said. "President Trump takes action on a Friday afternoon Monday morning, the admiral [Adm. Collin Green] comes in and brings everybody together and says 'I disagree with the president, we're going to take his Trident.'"
"This is a procedure that's in place for people that are going to be continuing on in the Navy -- to actually remove them from the SEAL teams and say OK, you've committed major safety violations," he said. "You can't be a SEAL anymore. We're going to send you out to a ship... The instruction even says this is not the proper procedure for somebody that's getting out of the Navy entirely or should be pushed out of the Navy entirely," the lawyer added.
"So what he's doing here is really just an effort to try and publicly humiliate Chief Gallagher and stick it right in the president's eye."
Shortly after Parlatore's comments, Trump reaffirmed his support for Gallagher on Twitter and declared that he will not lose his Trident.
"The Navy will NOT be taking away Warfighter and Navy Seal Eddie Gallaghers Trident Pin. This case was handled very badly from the beginning. Get back to business!" he wrote.
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FIRE the Ass Admiral, Mr President
Teach these insubordinate bastards a lesson
Green needs a very harsh, “You’re fired!” from his boss.
That would be a good thing for Chief Gallagher if he would want to do it and saying liberal heads would explode is probably an understatement. :)
That is Mr. Green; not Admiral Green. Forfeit your high salary retirement for dishonor to the USA.
The deep state is wide and well-organized. They have their agents everywhere.
Imagine: a Navy Admiral who is de facto contradicting and overriding his Commander in Chief’s lawful orders.
A very dangerous precedent.
If the dims ousted our President ... could the military be called in .. and whose side would they take?
The brass would help topple our seated, elected President.
The working soldier would side with The Commander In Chief...
I have wondered how that would come down... in case it comes to that end.... the elite still think Trump is not so smart... in actuality, he is considered genius level..
No matter how much success he has, they won’t admit it.
lmao.
Poor Dan Fielding.
Collin Green is an Obama POS.
As long as the SEAL is a "soldier" I don't see where the admiral has any jurisdiction.
Media can't even get the simple things right. Isn't anyone there qualified?
No doubt about you’re being right.
I don’t know about this guy... some of the allegations against him are pretty damn serious, and from multiple sources.. yes the prosecutors bungled the case... and waited to long to prosecute him.. but if he did half the stuff he’s been accused of he should be out of the military....
I don’t care if he was the one who knifed an ISIS combatant, but if he was randomly killing people as a sniper for bloodlust, including a school girl and an old man, he doesn’t deserve his uniform.
Adm Green is having an afternoon to remember, he is getting all kinds of calls, CNO? SECDEF?
His chain above him is no doubt all waiting to talk to him.
is the admiral one of those Obama-ites he fast tracked to 0-6 status to install social engineering???
“,..and retired as a captain...”
Ensign.
Remember all those officers Obama fired and replaced?
I’m sure this is a replacement and hold over.
His superiors won't talk to him. They're afraid of being charged of unlawful command influence by Green or secretly support his insubordination.
Priceless movie.
Im sure this is a replacement and hold over.
Has to be! a Patriot would never do such a thing to Gallagher!!
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