The New York Times is reporting:
“His remarks were more specific than I’ve ever heard a commander in
chief get,” said Thomas J. Romig, a former judge advocate general of the
Army and the dean of the Washburn University School of Law in Topeka,
Kan. “When the commander in chief says they will be dishonorably
discharged, that’s a pretty specific message. Every military defense
counsel will make a motion about this.”
The result:
At Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina last month, a judge dismissed
charges of sexual assault against an Army officer, noting the command
influence issue. At Fort Bragg in North Carolina last month, lawyers
cited the president’s words in a motion to dismiss the court-martial
against Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair, who is accused of forcing a
lower-ranking officer to perform oral sex on him, among other charges.
Among other several cases adjudicated, and many more to follow.
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