It's the members of the service who could get the grace of Trump's "war crimes"

A new report indicates that President Trump has begun the process of pardoning several US servicemen who have been convicted of war crimes or war crimes convictions.

The New York Times announced that it had requested the immediate preparation of the documents necessary for the rehabilitation of the Chief of Special Operations, Edward Gallagher, Major Mathew Golsteyn, a group of elite snipers. Navy and a subcontractor of Blackwater's defense.

Gallagher is accused of beheading an alleged terrorist and shooting civilians, while Golsteyn is accused of killing an armed Afghan. The group of snipers was indicted after the video of them snooping on dead Taliban soldiers.

The subcontractor for Blackwater's defense was convicted for his role in the shooting of unarmed Iraqis in 2007.

The White House on Friday asked the Prosecutor's Office of the Ministry of Justice for information on these cases, which informed the respective military branches.

The possible forgiveness to come could take place before or the day of remembrance. Trump pardoned Lieutenant Michael Behenna last week after serving five years in prison for murder for firing an Iraqi roadside bomb suspect.

Another member of the service whose case is similar to that of Behenna could also obtain a pardon. A military defense group that helped defend the army. Sgt. Derrick Miller, who was convicted of premeditated murder in 2011 for the murder of an unarmed man during an interrogation on the Afghan battlefield in 2010, asks for a pardon.

Fox News host Sean Hannity pleaded for the release of the first lieutenant in the army, Lieutenant Clint Lorance, who ordered his platoon to shoot three men driven by motorcycle to them. while they were on patrol, causing two deaths. Lorance was convicted of untimely murder and sentenced to 19 years in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

In 2018, Trump also pardoned US sailor Kristian Saucier after being convicted of taking photos of sensitive areas in a nuclear submarine. Pardons for soldiers convicted of violent crimes have rarely been given.