Bowe.

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Guilty plea has been overturned on appeal. I am not sure how such a thing can be. 

"JUDGE VACATES DESERTION CONVICTION FOR FORMER US SOLDIER CAPTURED IN AFGHANISTAN"

 From the AP | MATTHEW BARAKAT | July 26, 2023 with thanks to the webzine "Coffee or Die".            

"FALLS CHURCH, Va. — A federal judge on Tuesday vacated the military conviction of Bowe Bergdahl, a former U.S. Army soldier who pleaded guilty to desertion after he left his post and was captured in Afghanistan and tortured by the Taliban."

"The ruling from U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton in Washington says that military judge Jeffrey Nance, who presided over the court-martial, failed to disclose that he had applied to the executive branch for a job as an immigration judge, creating a potential conflict of interest."

"Walton noted that former President Donald Trump had strongly criticized Bergdahl during the 2016 presidential campaign. Bergdahl's lawyers argued that Trump's comments placed undue command influence on Nance."

Comment:

* Nothing more here than on appeal the presiding judge who accepted the guilty plea found to have a conflict of interest. Again, I am not sure how a person can APPEAL such a conviction in the first place.

Bergdahl left his post in 2009 and only in 2023 does the case seem to be finally resolved? Sure takes a long time for a final decision to be made. If indeed it is final.

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