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Acquitted in the deadly stabbing of a teenage isis fighter in iraq in 2017, was found guilty of posing inappropriately with a corpse and sentenced to four months time served. the president repeatedly intervening on gallagher's behalf, including publicly slamming the navy for starting the process for a review that could have stripped gallagher of his rank and full benefits. >> this is all about ego and retaliation. this has nothing to do with good order and discipline. >> reporter: secretary of defense mark esper firing navy secretary richard spencer last night. late today, in an interview with...

Fox news very much had the ear of the president on this. these are facts not in dispute. and the president sided with them over his own military chain of command. this is not what the highest levels, the highest ranking officers wanted to see. >> and as john pointed out before the break, look at where we are now. gallagher still in place, right? and you have the secretary of the navy out. what does that say to navy officers and those who are serving in the navy about morale internally. because it was navy s.e.a.l.s themselves who turned on gallagher. >> i think the s.e.a.l. community is going ...

Seal eddie gal der reaffirming his innocence after being acquitted of all the charges brought against him including murdering an isis captive. the combat veteran raws represented by his defense attorney who joins us now. i'm sure it was even happier for you given what you went through and what you did. you did, mark as an attorney, what a lot of people thought was impossible. so many people were on gallagher's side. i know bernie kerik was in the the -- in the trenches with you. what eddie gallagher was accused of was a war crime. what was he accused of on why did it take so long. >> this was ...

Seal eddie gal der reaffirming his innocence after being acquitted of all the charges brought against him including murdering an isis captive. the combat veteran raws represented by his defense attorney who joins us now. i'm sure it was even happier for you given what you went through and what you did. you did, mark as an attorney, what a lot of people thought was impossible. so many people were on gallagher's side. i know bernie kerik was in the the -- in the trenches with you. what eddie gallagher was accused of was a war crime. what was he accused of on why did it take so long. >> this was ...

Seal eddie gal der reaffirming his innocence after being acquitted of all the charges brought against him including murdering an isis captive. the combat veteran raws represented by his defense attorney who joins us now. i'm sure it was even happier for you given what you went through and what you did. you did, mark as an attorney, what a lot of people thought was impossible. so many people were on gallagher's side. i know bernie kerik was in the the -- in the trenches with you. what eddie gallagher was accused of was a war crime. what was he accused of on why did it take so long. >> this was ...