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Trump Promises to “Review” Case of Army Green Beret Charged with Murder

HeadlineDec 17, 2018

President Trump tweeted Sunday that he would “review” the case of Maj. Matt Golsteyn, a Green Beret who’s been charged with premeditated murder. After Golsteyn told the CIA in 2011 that he killed an Afghan man he suspected of being a bomb maker in 2010, the military reprimanded him but did not press murder charges. But after Golsteyn admitted to the killing in a 2016 interview on Fox News, the Army reopened an investigation and recently charged him with murder. On Sunday, President Trump tweeted, “At the request of many, I will be reviewing the case of a 'U.S. Military hero,' Major Matt Golsteyn.” Legal experts say the president’s tweet threatens to undermine an ongoing criminal prosecution.

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