“You could tell he was perfectly OK with killing anybody that was moving,” Special Operator First Class Corey Scott said. “The guy is freaking evil,” Special Operator First Class Craig Miller said about Gallagher. “I think what I’m doing is sticking up for our armed forces, and there’s never been a president that’s going to stick up for them, and has, like I have,” Trump said in November.īut the interviews with members of SEAL Team 7 Alpha Platoon show that the elite soldiers, who were reluctant to testify, had a less favorable view of their former superior officer. Gallagher’s case made headlines after President Trump intervened on his behalf while the SEAL was facing war-crimes charges, ignoring Pentagon brass who warned the commander-in-chief that his interference could undermine the military justice system. I did my part, I’m just trying to move on,” Vriens said of his cooperation in the probe. All you have to do is read between the lines. “That’s all he’s got? The videos that we have would prove the opposite. He scoffed when asked about Gallagher’s claims that the SEALS lied in their testimony.

My testimony is the truth, of course,” said Vriens, who left the service and spoke from an undisclosed location “in the woods.” “I’m glad people are looking for the truth but there’s no way to tell the whole story in a couple hours. Vriens spoke the same day The New York Times published an account of testimony from him and two other SEALS, who called Gallagher “freaking evil” and a “psychopath” in videos obtained by the newspaper. One of the SEALS who accused their former platoon leader, retired Special Operations Chief Eddie Gallagher, of war crimes in Iraq said Friday he stood by his testimony to Navy investigators.įormer Special Operator First Class Joshua Vriens told The Post that he was telling “the truth” when he said “the guy was toxic” while being questioned by Naval Criminal Investigative Service agents. Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher will be able to retire, no longer under review

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