Gallagher says his men made up the accusations because they were unhappy with his leadership style. He was found not guilty in July of murdering the wounded fighter and shooting civilians. These interviews led to the murder charges against Gallagher in 2019 – charges the SEAL denied. Navy Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, center, walks with his wife, Andrea Gallagher, as they leave a military court July 2 on Naval Base San Diego in San Diego. They also describe his actions during the deployment as war crimes. One by one, his men tell NCIS that their platoon served as Gallagher’s “personal sniper escort” and that the chief was “medal chasing.” In separate interviews, the SEALs tell NCIS agents that Gallagher behaved like a “psychopath” during their 2017 deployment to Mosul, Iraq, where the platoon took on Islamic State. The episode, titled “The Gallagher Effect,” presents these SEALs’ stories in their own words and voices, framing their actions as courageously going against the traditional brotherhood of the Navy SEALs. While the accounts of the witnesses aren’t new – the San Diego Union-Tribune published a summary of their stories on the eve of trial – hearing those accounts from the witnesses themselves is. Trump and other supporters say “warfighters” don’t need their actions questioned by bureaucrats in the military. The case created a national firestorm as President Donald Trump intervened again and again on Gallagher’s behalf – and culminated this week with a visit by Gallagher and his wife, Andrea, with Trump and first lady Melania Trump at the president’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. The Navy has never explained why Villanueva was not called to testify at Gallagher’s court-martial and did not respond to inquiries on Thursday.
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