President Donald Trump has indicated that he is willing to step in and help a former Green Beret who officials say murdered a terrorist bomb maker.
It is tough to imagine that the United States government would prosecute a member of the military who neutralized an enemy that was responsible for the murder of its servicemen.
But that is what is happening and now the president is getting involved, The Hill reported.
A U.S. Army Green Beret has been charged with murder for allegedly shooting a man he described as a terrorist suspect while serving in Afghanistan in 2010.
Major Matthew Golsteyn learned Thursday morning that he was being charged with “premeditated murder, a death penalty offense,” his attorney Philip Stackhouse tweeted, according to ABC News.
Golsteyn, who has been investigated by the military since 2011, has said the man he shot was a bomb-maker working for the Taliban. He maintains that he did not violate rules of engagement in the shooting death.
Golsteyn was a decorated veteran when he appeared on a Fox News special named “How We Fight” where he described how he got the bomb maker, The Army Times reported.
Then, in late 2016, during an interview with Fox News, Golsteyn admitted to a version of the incidents involving the killing of the alleged Afghan bomb-maker.
The Army opened a second investigation near the end of 2016.
Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-California, himself a Marine veteran of both Iraq and Afghanistan, stepped in on Golsteyn’s behalf, writing a letter to the Army secretary and making scathing public comments about the case, calling the Army’s investigation “retaliatory and vindictive.”
The congressman called on Army leadership to “fix this stupidity,” describing Golsteyn as “a distinguished and well regarded Green Beret.”
Unrelated to the Golsteyn case, Hunter was indicted earlier this year by federal prosecutors who are alleging conspiracy, wire fraud, falsification of records and prohibited use of campaign contributions.
The president is now checking into the case.
“At the request of many, I will be reviewing the case of a “U.S. Military hero,” Major Matt Golsteyn, who is charged with murder. He could face the death penalty from our own government after he admitted to killing a Terrorist bomb maker while overseas,” he said.
At the request of many, I will be reviewing the case of a “U.S. Military hero,” Major Matt Golsteyn, who is charged with murder. He could face the death penalty from our own government after he admitted to killing a Terrorist bomb maker while overseas. @PeteHegseth @FoxNews
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If anyone deserves a pardon it is a man who risked his life for his nation and took out a man who murdered his fellow servicemen.
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