The long arm of the law has come down on Bowe Bergdahl and given him… a slap on the wrist.
Watch below:
Lawyer for Bowe Bergdahl: "The dishonorable discharge is a lifetime stigma that deprives him of substantial benefits, which he badly needs." pic.twitter.com/uApYWshDqO
— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 3, 2017
US Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has received a dishonorable discharge but will avoid prison time for desertion and misbehavior before the enemy after abandoning his outpost in 2009, a military judge ruled Friday.
The judge also ruled that Bergdahl’s rank be reduced from sergeant to E1. Additionally, Bergdahl will be required to pay a $1,000 fine from his salary for the next 10 months.
Incredible. Remember, people died looking for this idiot.
And previously, the judge had said that Trump’s comments would lead to a lighter sentence:
President Trump’s harsh criticism of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who walked off his Army post in Afghanistan in 2009 and was captured by the Taliban, will weigh in favor of a lighter sentence for the sergeant, a military judge said on Monday.
“I will consider the president’s comments as mitigation evidence as I arrive at an appropriate sentence,” the judge, Col. Jeffery R. Nance of the Army, said during a hearing at Fort Bragg. The judge is expected to sentence Sergeant Bergdahl in the next few weeks.
The judge rejected a request that he dismiss the case or cap the length of the sentence on the grounds that the president’s comments had precluded a fair hearing. The judge said he had not been influenced by the remarks and that the public’s confidence in the military justice system had not been undermined.
He was facing life in prison, and he gets a slap on the wrist because our 6-year-old president couldn’t keep his trap shut. And no one cares LOLOLOL!