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"daily beast." >> this is not the first case, the president has done this repeatedly. what does it do? what does it do? its done in the case of ed gee gallagher but what does this do inside the pentagon when theres another case coming up the chain of command that might catch the attention of fox news. >> you have major goldstein who was pardoned by the president, and the army is looking at whether he can keep the ranger tab and the silver star in the engagement that brought him up on court marti...

The white house went around esper to the white house to try to come up with a secret channel of communication? >> if thats true, if espers account of this is true, then he esper was within his rights to relieve the secretary of the navy of his duties very lack of trusting confidence. thats simply an egregious set of behaviors there if youre going around your boss to cut a deal. it also sends a chilling degree to the navy about the fix was in and gallagher was going to get his pin regardless of t...

I really think time to rip the band-aid off here. there has been a great deal of concern about all of this. these are cases that involve allegations of war crimes. now, does the president of the united states have the legal right as commander in chief to step in, intervene, and order people to be kept on their s.e.a.l. status, order them to have their rank restored in the other cases, order them pardon? of course he has the right as commander in chief. but what we keep hearing is just because he...

The sacred oath i took well start here with brian brown. are you getting any more indication from secretary esper today. what was spencer trying to negotiate with the white house? >> this morning, secretary esper came out and spoke to reporters in an attempt to clear up what he felt was an incorrect narrative about why secretary spencer was oufted. >> it was about spencers violation. this was all about president trumps decision to weigh-in. secretary spencer had negotiated an arrangement with th...

>> right. >> how concerning is it that the navy wasnt even allowed the discretion to make a decision on that relatively small disciplinary step? >> very deeply concerning, jim. again, were talking about an administrative review process. the navy s.e.a.l.s. do this all the time and people get their trident pins revoked for much less than what gallagher has not only been alleged to have done, but actually convicted of doing, and heres the other thing, jim, there are three other s.e.a.l.s. that are...

Eddie gallagher. gallagher had been acquitted in a military trial of shooting iraqi civilians and killing an enemy fighter. but he was convicted for posing in photos with a dead isis soldier. the jury in this case recommended a reduction in rank. earlier this month the president issued a pardon restoring gallaghers original rank. joining me now courtney kube who just spoke with secretary esper about all of this. this is extraordinary. we have not seen the president of the united states stepping ...

Been fired saying he got involved in the process. now eddie gallagher will keep his trident point without the review process. >> jeff bennet has been all over the impeachment inquiry but today he is with me here in new york. david druker also here. joist vance and john gans. also the author of "white house warriors." what is your reaction to all that happened here and the fallout? >> well i think the first thing you worry about is the happening

Accused of killing a navy fighter in iraq in 2017. he was acquitted of that charge and found guilty of posing with the dead fighters body. they were going to conduct a i trident pin. that tells everyone who he was, a navy s.e.a.l. make him a conventional sailor again. president trump found out they were going to conduct this process tweeted saying, no, youre not going to. get back to work. richard spencer, not a household name, he according to extensive reporting that my colleague carol lee and ...

Let the process play out. secretary of pompeo and spencer did the same thing on friday. we left here thinking the review process is going to go forward. secretary esper asked for spencers resignation. we know from secretary esper himself that he said secretary spencer was trying to work a back door deal with the white house to let the process noomov forward. he lost confidence because he believed spencer went outside of his chain of command. it is a confusing story. >> yes. >> but at the end of ...

Discipline eddie gallagher or was he trying to do something in cutting this deal with the president so that he could still retire with his trident pin if the president was not directly involved? >> so its clear from secretary spencers resignation letter that he says he didnt want to follow what he considered to be an unlawful order. the order, according to our reporting that we had on late saturday morning, was that he would -- the president would tell the navy that they had to cancel this tride...