convicted of missouriiposing wi corpse. and his rank was restored, and the third individual, clint lawrence, he had been convicted of ordering his men to fire on two unarmed afghan men, and he was released following his pardon. and now we ll likely return to the u.s. army. so again, three very different cases and all high profile and we re being told that president trump pardoning those two army officers and restoring the rank of gallagher despite the advice of his leadership. ryan brown, thank you so much. still to come, ratings for the impeachment testimony reveal that plenty of americans were watching. what gary tuck man discovered while watching with wisconsin voters.
president s generosity, the time that he spent with us on the phone. he was just incredibly warm and demonstrated an amazing degree of knowledge about the case. arthel: that was matthew goldstein on president trump granting him clemency after being charged with murdering a suspected taliban bomb maker. he s one of two army officers accused of war crimes who was pardoned by the president. clint lawrence was released from prison last night, six years after he was convicted of second degree murder. navy seal eddie gallagher will have the rank of chief petty officer restored after being convicted of posing with a photo with a dead islamic state fighter. lucas tomlinson with more from washington. reporter: the army opened up a murder investigation after major goldstein after an
interview with brett bar behr in 2016. did you find the suspected taliban bomb maker. we did capture a a fighter and then id material, weapons, we recovered radios, small radios that the taliban were using, so quite a bit of material. at the time, you think this is the guy? yeah, absolutely. did you kill the taliban bomb maker? yes. reporter: another army officer, clint lawrence, was freed last night from prison after also receiving a pardon from president trump. as you mentioned, lawrence had been serving six years of a 19 year sentence for second degree murder in afghanistan. after allegedly ordering his forces to open fire, killing two men on motorcycles. president trump also ordered navy seal eddie gallagher s rays rank restored to chief petty officer. he was found guilty of posing for a photograph with a dead isis fighter.
miles garrett suspended indefinitely for ripping the helmet off nathan rudolph and hitting him with it. you will use the arguments of the case and you at home will decide. welcome to fox news at night. we begin with the president s executive action for two military men, one of whom was serving a 19 year sentence for murder. kevin cork is live with our story. reporter: a major move by the president granting reprieves to military officers accused of or convicted of war crimes overruling military leaders who sought to punish them. they are first lieutenant clint lawrence, major matt goldstein and chief petty officer eddie gallagher. in fort leavenworth as soon as today six years after being found guilty of first-degree murder, serving a 19 year sentence, to fire on and in afghanistan. 9 members of his unit testified
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