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President trump's decision to intervene in the case of navy s.e.a.l. eddie gallagher has been a controversial one. gallagher was accused of war crimes but acquitted of premeditated murder and murder and obstruction of justice. and convicted of posing with a body of a teenage insurgent in iraq and the president made sure he kept niz navy s.e.a.l. trident pin. they met at mar-a-lago. but a report in "the new york times" marks the president's decision as all of the more controversial. cnn's barbara starr has the story and first i have to warn you, there are disturbing images in this report. >> re...

Platoon lead per. >> the guy was toxic. >> gallagher was acquitted of premeditated murder when a key witness changed his story and testified under immune tee that he caused the prisoner's death, not gallagher. >> did you suffocate him? >> yes. >> how? >> by holding my thumb over his et tube until he stopped breathing. >> scott described the killing as an act of mercy because he was concerned the boy, a prisoner of iraqi forces, would be tortured by them. gallagher was convicted on a charge of taking a photo with a dead isis fighter and was then demoted in rank. a decision president trump rever...

Team seven alpha platoon broke their own code of silence in 2018 with their opinions about retired special operations chief eddie gallagher and some making accusations that the elite s.e.a.l. committed murder and potential war crimes. >> the guy got crazier and crazier. >> reporter: these are portions of recorded navy s.e.a.l. interviews published by the "new york times." where team members tell investigators their views on the platoon leader. >> the guy was toxic. [ bleep ]. >> reporter: eddie gallagher was acquitted of premeditated murder when another officer said he caused the prison's deat...

>> these are interview obtained by the "new york times" of alpha platoon seal team 7 members, breaking an unwritten code of silence in 2018 by taking on their chief of their platoon, who was eventually tried for war crimes. here's a taste. >> he's a psychopath. the guy got crazier and crazier. >> the guy is toxic. >> we can't let this continue. >> that's friggin' evil, man. >> these are not from now, not sworn, not cross-examined. nerp they were an early part of the investigation. mr. gallagher was acquitted of war crimes, including killing an isis prisoner. he was only acquitted for posing fo...

>> these are interview obtained by the "new york times" of alpha platoon s.e.a.l. team 7 members, breaking an unwritten code of silence in 2018 by taking on their chief of their platoon, who was eventually tried for war crimes. here's a taste. >> he's a psychopath. the guy got crazier and crazier. >> the guy was toxic. >> we can't let this continue. >> it's [ bleep ] up. that's frickin' evil, man. >> these are not from now, not sworn, not cross-examined. it was an early part of the investigation. but they're still going to hold relevance. what is also relevant is mr. gal ber was acquitted of m...