Trump Grants Pardons to 2 Military Members, Restores Rank to Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher

Trump Grants Pardons to 2 Military Members, Restores Rank to Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher
President Donald Trump delivers remarks on honesty and transparency in healthcare prices inside the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington on Nov. 15, 2019. Tom Brenner/Reuters
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President Donald Trump has granted full pardons to two U.S. service members accused of war crimes, and restored the rank of Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher.

White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said in a statement late Friday that Trump had signed an Executive Grant of Clemency for Army First Lieutenant Clint Lorance and Army Major Mathew Golsteyn. Moreover, the statement said the commander-in-chief had also signed an order restoring the rank of Gallagher before he was tried and found not guilty of the charges against him.