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here's a link to the white house statemen re that batch of pardons. the part bout the mass-murdering war criminals goes:
'today, president trump granted full pardons to nicholas slatten, paul slough, evan liberty, and dustin heard. the pardon of these four veterans is broadly supported by the public, including pete hegseth, and elected officials such as rep. louie gomert, rep. paul gosar, rep. ralph norman, rep. bill flores, rep. brian babin, rep. michael burgess, rep. daniel webster, rep. steve king and rep. ted yoho.
mr slatten, mr slough, mr liberty and mr heard have a long history of service to the nation. mr slatten was inspired to serve his country after the attacks of september 11, 2001, and served two tours in iraq with the 82nd airborne division. mr slough served in the united states army and deployed to iraq with his national guard unit. mr liberty served in the united states marine corps and protected us embassys abroad. mr heard served in the us marine corps during op. iraqi freedom.
these veterans were working in iraq in 2007 as security contractors responsible for securing the safety of us personnel. when the convoy attempted to establish a blockade outside the 'green zone,' the situation turned violent, which resulted in the unfortunate deaths of iraqi civilians.
initial charges against the men were dismissed, but they were eventually tried and convicted on charges ranging from first degree murder to voluntary manslaughter.
on appeal, the d.c. circuit court of appeals ruled that additional evidence should have been presented at mr. slatten's trial.
further, prosecutors recently disclosed - more than 10 yeats after the incident - that the lead iraqi investigator, who prosecutors relied heavily on to verify that there were no insurgent victims and to collect evidence, may have had ties to insurgent groups himself.'
and, lest we forget:
'today, president trump granted full pardons to nicholas slatten, paul slough, evan liberty, and dustin heard. the pardon of these four veterans is broadly supported by the public, including pete hegseth, and elected officials such as rep. louie gomert, rep. paul gosar, rep. ralph norman, rep. bill flores, rep. brian babin, rep. michael burgess, rep. daniel webster, rep. steve king and rep. ted yoho.
mr slatten, mr slough, mr liberty and mr heard have a long history of service to the nation. mr slatten was inspired to serve his country after the attacks of september 11, 2001, and served two tours in iraq with the 82nd airborne division. mr slough served in the united states army and deployed to iraq with his national guard unit. mr liberty served in the united states marine corps and protected us embassys abroad. mr heard served in the us marine corps during op. iraqi freedom.
these veterans were working in iraq in 2007 as security contractors responsible for securing the safety of us personnel. when the convoy attempted to establish a blockade outside the 'green zone,' the situation turned violent, which resulted in the unfortunate deaths of iraqi civilians.
initial charges against the men were dismissed, but they were eventually tried and convicted on charges ranging from first degree murder to voluntary manslaughter.
on appeal, the d.c. circuit court of appeals ruled that additional evidence should have been presented at mr. slatten's trial.
further, prosecutors recently disclosed - more than 10 yeats after the incident - that the lead iraqi investigator, who prosecutors relied heavily on to verify that there were no insurgent victims and to collect evidence, may have had ties to insurgent groups himself.'
and, lest we forget:
