A three-judge Army Court of Criminal Appeals panel rejected the argument, 2-1, that President Trump’s tweets and public statements interfered with a fair trial for former Army Pvt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was captured by the Taliban and held for five years, Army Times reported. Bergdahl’s attorneys had argued that Trump describing their client as “a no-good traitor who should have been executed” negatively influenced his case. Army Gen. Robert Abrams, head of U.S. Army Forces Command, approved the court-martial sentencing handed down in November 2017. Bergdahl was reduced in rank from sergeant to private and ordered to forfeit $1,000 a month in pay for 10 months.

Source: Fox News July 18, 2019 02:03 UTC