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Navy SEAL team leader Eddie Gallagher will be demoted in rank and his pay will be reduced for posing for a photo with a dead ISIS prisoner, a jury decided Wednesday.
A few hours after jurors returned to court Wednesday to deliberate over his sentence, they decided to reduce Gallagher’s rank from E7 to E6 and sentenced him to four months’ confinement.
He is not expected to spend time in custody. Gallagher had already served 201 days in custody and it would be applied as time served.
A courtroom sketch completed Wednesday that shows, from left to right, Andrea Gallagher, Special Operations Chief Eddie Gallagher, and Navy Judge Capt. Aaron Rugh.
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As a result of Gallagher’s reduced rank and forfeiture, his pension will be reduced, though it’s unclear at this time by how much.
“He’s put 20 years of his life, the best years of his life into the Navy, and this affects what his retirement paycheck and benefits would be for the rest of this life and his ability to provide for his family,” said Gallagher’s lawyer, Tim Parlatore.
The jury delivered a stiffer sentence to Gallagher than the prosecution had requested. Prosecutors had only asked for a reduction in rank.
Gallagher, who did not testify during his trial, told jurors Wednesday that he takes “full responsibility” for his action on the day he appeared in the photo.
“This has put a black eye on the two communities I love: The United States Marine Corps and the Navy,” he said. “Most of all, it has put my family through hell the last two years.”
A courtroom sketch shows Special Operations Chief Eddie Gallagher addressing the jury on Wednesday.
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Navy prosecutors said that Gallagher took the photo after fatally stabbing the detainee while he was being treated by US medics in 2017 in Mosul, Iraq.
Parlatore, who earlier called the verdict a “victory for justice” said Gallagher is now planning to retire.
“This has been a long and difficult process for him,” Parlatore told reporters on Wednesday. “He has been exonerated for the most serious charges and it’s time for him to be with his family.”
Gallagher’s wife had saidthe verdict meant her family was “finally vindicated” after being “terrorized” by a government that her husband had fought for.
“He’s fought every major enemy of the United States. He is a righteous and noble individual,” Andrea Gallagher said outside court Tuesday.
“I think this whole thing is disgusting. I want responsibility to be claimed by Naval Special Warfare.”
Earlier on Wednesday, President Donald Trump expressed sympathy for Gallagher after he was cleared of most of the charges.
“Congratulations to Navy Seal Eddie Gallagher, his wonderful wife Andrea, and his entire family. You have been through much together. Glad I could help!,” Trump tweeted.
Trump had helped get Gallagher moved to “less restrictive confinement” in March and was reportedly mulling a pardon for the SEAL.
CNN’s Nick Watt and Jack Hannah reported from San Diego. Nicole Chavez wrote this story in Atlanta.
