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Pressure from the pentagon, the generals and admirals and im glad he is backing down. those before eddie gallagher and those who will come after eddie gallagher may not have presidential interference or pardon. it should just be let it run its case through the military. is my belief. >> you know the s.e.a.l., this community, what does this sort of back and forth and this battle do for morale and for the thinking there within the men and women that make up the s.e.a.l.? >> the back and forth is t...

Concerned about this, the president as the commander of chief he can do this, its legal. he can do it. but theyre concerned about the signal that it sends. that it might impact morale among troops who look at this -- who are supposed to look at the ucmj process, the uniform code of military justice, and the administrative process, theyre supposed to have confidence they will work. if the president circumvents the process or intervenes, then the concern is that the average joe sailor, airmen, mar...

He was acquitted of murdering an injured isis prisoner but convicted of posing with the militants dead body. the military officials expected the navy to move forward with the probe and they did not expect the president to issue a written order to stop it. though they conceded that he could change his mind at any point courtney kube has been all over this. she is getting at the heart of what the friction is between the president and the pentagon. what are the officials telling you? >> so there wa...

Hurt democrats in the long run. >> in the meantime give me a sense of the timeline of this process. more important than the testimony from these key witnesses. >> so democrats been told to expect an impeachment report from the intelligence committee as soon as december 2nd. theyre going to be writing out that report in the next week. and then all the action will go to the judiciary committee which is going to draft up articles of impeachment and then vote on them and then send them to the full h...

You have the navy peers who sit down and review the case of eddie gallagher and determine if he deserves to keep the trident. which is the pin that symbolizes hes a navy s.e.a.l. so the president didnt understand that. the officials said he asked very pointed questions and wanted to know exactly what the process was. and that after this first meeting which was thursday evening on air force one and then a second one at the white house on friday afternoon he decided that he would let the process g...