On July 2, 2019, Gallagher was convicted of posing for a photograph with the corpse of an ISIS fighter, but was acquitted of all other charges after Special Operator Corey Scott, a member of Gallagher’s team granted immunity as a witness against Gallagher, testified that he had killed the prisoner. In the most prominently reported offense, he was accused of fatally stabbing an injured 17-year-old ISIS prisoner, photographing himself with the corpse, and sending the photo to friends. He came to national attention in the United States after he was charged in September 2018 with ten offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Gallagher (born May 29, 1979) is a retired United States Navy SEAL who was accused of war crimes. “They’ve expanded the scope of their investigations to try to prove their theory of collusion but the collusion simply doesn’t exist,” said Sullivan.Edward R. He suspects that because investigators failed by going up the chain of command they’re going to veer sideways into DEVGRU with the search warrants. To Sullivan, the prosecution of Portier is misguided because there’s no evidence of a cover up, either by the SEAL platoon leader or any of his superiors in Coronado. Sullivan hopes the prosecution’s snooping into DEVGRU won’t delay what he predicts will be an exoneration for Portier. Sullivan III, has pushed to get his trial started while Gallagher’s lags. Portier’s civilian defense attorney, Jeremiah J. “Jake” Portier, for allegedly trying to conceal his chief’s crimes. Prosecutors also have charged Gallagher’s SEAL platoon leader, Lt. “The trial team is continuing the march to trial in May 2019 and Chief Gallagher is eager to finally have his day in court, face his accusers and clear his name.” “Given schedules and obligations and other circumstances, Chief Gallagher has released Colby Vokey and added Navy veteran Timothy Parlatore, a respected trial lawyer with experience in military justice matters, to the team,” said Stackhouse.
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