The Blackwater contractors meet none of that criteria. They were convicted in the killings of unarmed Iraqi women and children and have long been defiant in their assertions of innocence. “I feel like I acted correctly,” he said of his conduct in 2007. One contractor who received immunity described hearing the incoming “pop” of what sounded like AK-47 rounds shortly before another guard fired. He says he's grateful to his supporters and to Trump for what he calls a “second chance at life."

Source: ABC News January 02, 2021 16:14 UTC