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In this July 2, 2019, file photo, Navy Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, right, walks with his wife, Andrea Gallagher as they leave a military court on Naval Base San Diego, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Edward Gallagher, Navy SEAL pardoned by Trump, sues The New York Times

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this July 2, 2019, file photo, Navy Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher leaves a military court on Naval Base San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File) **FILE**

Eddie Gallagher, retired Navy SEAL, vows to clear name: ‘The truth is coming’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this July 2, 2019, file photo, Navy Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher leaves a military court on Naval Base San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File) **FILE**

Navy SEALs call Edward Gallagher ‘evil’ in leaked videos

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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley, listens during a House committee hearing on U.S. policy in Syria, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Mark A. Milley, top U.S. general, says Trump’s controversial pardons won’t hurt military

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In a Friday, Sept. 29, 2017 file photo, then-U.S. Navy Secretary Richard Spencer speaks at a news conference as he pays his first visit to Bath Iron Works, a shipbuilding facility in Bath, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Fired Navy Secretary Spencer criticizes Trump in SEAL case

By ROBERT BURNS and JULIE WATSON - Associated Press

In this Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019 photo, U.S. Navy Secretary Richard Spencer fields questions at a media availability at the Halifax International Security Forum in Halifax, Nova Scotia. U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper has fired the Navy’s top official over his handling of the case of a SEAL accused of war crimes who President Donald Trump has defended. Esper said on Sunday, Nov. 24 that he had lost confidence in Spencer and alleged that Spencer proposed a deal with the White House behind his back to resolve the SEAL’s case. (Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press via AP)

Richard Spencer, fired Navy secretary, rips Trump in Washington Post op-ed

By Robert Burns and Julie Watson - Associated Press

File - In this July 2, 2019, file photo, Navy Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, center, walks with his wife, Andrea Gallagher, as they leave a military court on Naval Base San Diego in San Diego. The acting Navy secretary has canceled a peer-review process for three Navy SEALs who supervised a fourth SEAL convicted of posing with a dead teenage prisoner in Iraq. Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly said Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019, the case was becoming a distraction. The decision comes after President Donald Trump intervened in the case of Chief Petty Officer Gallagher. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Navy cancels review for SEALs after firing of Navy secretary

By JULIE WATSON - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks with members of the press in the Rose Garden of the White House as he welcomes Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Monday, Nov. 25, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Trump’s actions raise concern about role in military justice

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Rescuers search at a damaged building after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake in Thumane, western Albania, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019. Rescue crews used excavators to search for survivors trapped in toppled apartment buildings after a powerful pre-dawn earthquake in Albania killed at least six people and injured more than 300. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

10 Things to Know for Today

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 2, 2019, file photo, Navy Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher leaves a military court on Naval Base San Diego. The secretary of the U.S. Navy said Saturday, Nov. 23, he doesn't consider a tweet by President Donald Trump an order and would need a formal order to stop a review of Gallagher, who could lose his status as a Navy Seal. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

A look at the case of Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher

By Associated Press - Associated Press

In this Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019 photo, U.S. Navy Secretary Richard Spencer fields questions at a media availability at the Halifax International Security Forum in Halifax, Nova Scotia. U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper has fired the Navy’s top official over his handling of the case of a SEAL accused of war crimes who President Donald Trump has defended. Esper said on Sunday, Nov. 24 that he had lost confidence in Spencer and alleged that Spencer proposed a deal with the White House behind his back to resolve the SEAL’s case. (Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press via AP)

Esper says Trump ordered him to stop SEAL review board

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Retired Navy SEAL Robert O'Neill, 38, who says he shot and killed Osama bin Laden, poses for a portrait in Washington, Friday, Nov. 14, 2014. The former Navy SEAL says he was inspired to go public about his role after meeting with the families of people who died in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Robert O’Neill backs Donald Trump, Edward Gallagher in Navy SEAL dispute

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Navy Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher leaves a military court on Naval Base San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Richard Spencer, Navy secretary: Trump’s Edward Gallagher tweet not a ‘formal order’

By Rob Gilles - Associated Press

This undated selfie provided by Andrea Gallagher shows her husband, U.S. Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher, who has been charged with allegedly killing an Islamic State prisoner in his care and attempted murder for the shootings of two Iraq civilians in 2017. Gallagher is scheduled to go on trial Monday, June 17, 2019. (Edward Gallagher/Courtesy of Andrea Gallagher via AP, File)

White House won’t intervene on Edward Gallagher, Navy told

By Robert Burns and Robert Gillies - Associated Press

Ousted Navy Secretary Richard Spencer publicly clashed with President Trump over whether Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher, who served eight combat tours during his two decades as a Navy SEAL, would be allowed to retain his Trident pin, which symbolizes membership in the elite unit. (Associated Press/File)

Richard Spencer out as Navy secretary

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019 photo, U.S. Navy Secretary Richard Spencer fields questions at a media availability at the Halifax International Security Forum in Halifax, Nova Scotia. U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper has fired the Navy’s top official over his handling of the case of a SEAL accused of war crimes who President Donald Trump has defended. Esper said on Sunday, Nov. 24 that he had lost confidence in Spencer and alleged that Spencer proposed a deal with the White House behind his back to resolve the SEAL’s case. (Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press via AP)

Pentagon chief fires Navy secretary over SEAL controversy

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Ousted Navy Secretary Richard Spencer publicly clashed with President Trump over whether Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher, who served eight combat tours during his two decades as a Navy SEAL, would be allowed to retain his Trident pin, which symbolizes membership in the elite unit. (Associated Press/File)

Official says White House gave Navy go-ahead on Gallagher

By ROBERT BURNS and ROB GILLIES - Associated Press

Navy Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher leaves a military court on Naval Base San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Donald Trump overrules Navy on Edward Gallagher case

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 2, 2019, file photo, Navy Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher leaves a military court on Naval Base San Diego. The attorney for Gallagher, convicted of posing with a dead captive in Iraq, says the Navy is trying to remove the special operations chief from the elite fighting force in retaliation for President Donald Trump restoring his rank. Defense attorney Timothy Parlatore said the Navy is holding a review board proceeding to remove Edward Gallagher's Trident pin and summoned him to meet with the SEAL leadership on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Trump says Navy won’t remove Gallagher’s SEAL designation

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

This undated selfie provided by Andrea Gallagher shows her husband, U.S. Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher, who has been charged with allegedly killing an Islamic State prisoner in his care and attempted murder for the shootings of two Iraq civilians in 2017. Gallagher is scheduled to go on trial Monday, June 17, 2019. (Edward Gallagher/Courtesy of Andrea Gallagher via AP, File)

Adm. Collin Green retaliating against Edward Gallagher for Trump pardon, Navy SEAL’s attorney says

By Julie Watson and Lolita Baldor - Associated Press