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Mess much. there were allegations of prosecutorial misconduct. we had the president's lawyer making these allegations. we also had overt command influence from president trump. take him out of pretrial confinement even though, allegedly, he had threaten to have witnesses killed. so the trial was a mess. and we got to remember, he was acquitted. except on the one charge. so we're left with a -- a question of the uniform code of military justice is a law passed by congress. it's not the white house's law. it's not the pentagon's law. it's a congressional system of justice and it works pretty wel...

And procedures. i recently have been on a commit looking at sexual assault in the military, and when general mccafferty mentioned undue command influence, that was charged when president obama said something about we have to take these cases more seriously and the military did. well, why isn't president trump being charged with the same sort of undue command influence for everything he has done in this case and several others? >> general, i'll reflect on what jill is saying there and i want to add to this something that you probably have seen that came out in the last week or two, and that's f...

There were allegations of prosecutorial misconduct and allegations against the judge. we had the president's lawyer and bernie care ig making these allegations and we have overt command influence from president trump taking him out of pretrial confinement, even though he had allegedly threatened to have witnesses killed. so the trial was a mess. and we've got to remember he was acquitted, except on the one charge. so we're left with a question of the uniform code of military justice is a law passed by congress. it's not the white house's law. it's not the pentagon's law. it's a congressional s...

I recently have been on a committee looking at sexual assault in the military. and when general mccaffrey mentioned undue command influence, that was charged when president obama said something about we have to take these cases more seriously. and the military did. well, why isn't president trump being charged with the same sort of undue command influence for everything he has done in this case and several others? >> general, reflect on what jill is saying there. and i want to add to this, something that you probably have seen. it came out in the last week or two. and that's from the military ...

I have introduced many caourt martials. many turned out to be viable and the right action was taken. there were many, frankly, that turned out not the way i wanted them to turn out. the important part, and i think admiral kirby backed me up on this, once you turn them over to the military justice system, you stay out as a commander. it's something called command influence and that didn't happen in this case. there were commanders, in fact, the commander in chief, who kind of put himself in the middle of this case not only during the trial, but post-trial during the administration discussion. a...