A retired Navy SEAL acquitted of war crimes has met with President Donald Trump to thank him after he overruled the Navy’s decision to strip him of his Trident pin.
The images show the Gallaghers speaking with the president and first lady as the president shakes hands with Mrs. Gallagher.
In one photo, the president also appears to be holding a gift in his hands, although it is unclear what it is.
“Finally got to thank the President and his amazing wife by giving them a little gift from Eddie’s deployment to Mosul,” the caption reads.
A military court decision earlier this year acquitted him of the multiple murder charges but sentenced him to a demotion for violating military law by posing for a photo next to a dead ISIS fighter’s body.
Meanwhile, Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer was forced to resign after it emerged that he had tried to negotiate with the White House in the Gallagher case, in contradiction to his public position.
In a letter acknowledging his termination, Spencer noted that his view of military justice was at odds with Trump’s.
“I no longer share the same understanding with the Commander in Chief who appointed me, in regards to the key principle of good order and discipline. I cannot in good conscience obey an order that I believe violates the sacred oath that I took in the presence of my family, my flag, and my faith to support and defend the Constitution of the United States,” he wrote.
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