One witness told investigators the man’s injuries were not life-threatening. Gallagher, a SEAL with sniper and emergency medical training, was deployed to Iraq with SEAL Team 7 from February 2017 to August 2017.Īccording to Rugh’s findings of fact, in May, 2017, after Gallagher’s SEAL platoon had leveled a building with a drone strike, an Iraqi man between 15 and 22-years-old was brought to the SEALs’ compound for treatment. No direct witnesses to Gallagher’s alleged war crimes have testified or been cross-examined. Only one witness has testified under oath so far, during a motion hearing and under limited questioning. They have not said which witnesses or what parts of their accounts may have changed. The defense team has argued in court that some of the witnesses in the case have likely changed their stories since they initially spoke with Navy investigators last year. Gallagher’s primary attorney, Phillip Stackhouse, could not be reached for comment Friday. On March 30, he was moved from the brig to a building at Balboa Naval Medical Center after President Donald Trump ordered the Navy to move him to a less restrictive location. Gallagher has pleaded not guilty and denied all charges.
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