judge removes prosecutor from navy seal war crimes case

The Navy Times reports NCIS has seized 'cell phones and electronic communications' since February in a search for evidence that Gallagher asked other SEALs to 'obstruct justice or retaliate against junior sailors who ratted him out for war crimes. Gallagher is formally arraigned in San Diego. He's held at San Diego’s Naval Consolidated Brig Miramar. Gallagher pleads not guilty to multiple charges, including killing the Islamic State captive and unarmed Iraqi civilians in June and July 2017. Later, Gallagher allegedly texts, 'I got this one with my knife.' Prosecutors say he used it as a prop in a re-enlistment ceremony. Gallagher and other members of his platoon posed with the prisoner's body. On this day, military prosecutors say, Gallagher killed a captive teen-aged Islamic State combatant by stabbing him in the neck and chest in a Navy SEAL post near Mosul, Iraq. SAN DIEGO (AP) A military judge on Monday took the rare step of removing a prosecutor accused of misconduct from the war crimes case of a decorated Navy SEAL.

He served eight tours of duty and is the recipient of two Bronze Stars with valor and other awards. The lead prosecutor in a court-martial of a Navy SEAL charged with war crimes was removed Monday, following revelations the prosecution was involved in a scheme to track emails sent to the defense. He served as medic and completed SEAL training in 2005.

Judge removes prosecutor from navy seal war crimes case