Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday that he has "great faith in the military justice system" following President Donald Trump's interference last week in three military war crimes cases against Pentagon guidance.
The long delayed trial for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others charged with plotting the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks has been set by a military commission to begin on Jan. 11, 2021, according to a military Trial Scheduling Order released on Friday.
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Prosecutors in the military trial of Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher, accused of committing multiple violations of military law in Iraq, rested their case Tuesday.
When the trial of a decorated Navy SEAL opened in a San Diego military courtroom Tuesday, prosecutors promised jurors would hear from witnesses who saw the special warfare operator plunge a knife into the neck of a wounded ISIS prisoner.
