udge frees Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher ahead of war crimes trial
by Julio Rosas
| May 30, 2019 10:51 PM
| Updated May 30, 2019, 11:57 PM
A Navy SEAL awaiting trial for murder will get to go home.
A military judge freed Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher on Thursday ahead of his trial, citing interference by prosecutors, according to the AP.
Judge Capt. Aaron Rugh said he was freeing Gallagher, who is charged with murdering an injured ISIS prisoner, because Navy prosecutors were interfering with Gallagher's Sixth Amendment right to counsel.
“I feel like it’s a small victory on the way to the larger victory,†Andrea Gallagher said outside court while her husband stood quietly by. “He’s now free because of the misconduct by these prosecutors.â€
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