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Judi Lynn

(160,450 posts) Sat Nov 16, 2019, 12:16 AM Nov 2019

After being urged by a Fox News host, Donald Trump pardons war crimes [View all]

After being urged by a Fox News host, Donald Trump pardons war crimes
WRITTEN BY JOHN WHITEHOUSE

PUBLISHED 11/15/19 7:22 PM EST

After being repeatedly urged on air by Fox News hosts, President Donald Trump has reportedly given pardons to Army Maj. Mathew L. Golsteyn, operator chief Edward Gallagher, and former Army 1st Lt. Clint Lorance.

This is yet another example of the Fox News pardon pipeline, as pardons in all three cases were heavily pushed on Fox & Friends, largely by Fox News host and former Guantanamo Bay guard Pete Hegseth.

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In May, an Iraq War veteran warned against pardons for war crimes, saying, “It's bad for our national security. It's bad for our troops, it's bad for our global standing.”

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https://www.mediamatters.org/pete-hegseth/after-being-urged-fox-news-host-donald-trump-pardons-war-crimes

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