#8. It was a perjury trap, moron. He wasn't even being 8nvestigsted for a crime. He was set up and then subjected to lawfare.
Then why did he plead guilty? Twice. If what you postulate is true then take it to trial. Truth. Justice. And the American way.
But he didn't. Instead, he sat down with his lawyers and examined line by line a long and detailed plea agreement. It explained in detail what he was charged with, the facts he admitted true that support his beyond a reasonable doubt guilt and that his plea and signature is without intimidation or coercion. Then he admitted in open court, twice, a few months apart that he voluntarily signed the agreement and that he is guilty as charged. Then the Buffoon gave him a pardon.
Then he sued for wrongful prosecution. Then the district and appellate court said, you gotta be kidding, you didn't fight it, plead guilty and the pardon is irrelevant. The Supreme court ducks the issues and rule proceduraly, standing.
So, in the face of a strong defense against the case the Buffoon caves. It cost us 1.25M. Why?
Objective truth? Are you s******g me. The objective truth is the Buffoon said he has air superiority over Iran. Then an F15 and an A10 are downed and two helicopters hit by Iran air defense. So what's the objective truth, what you see or what it says?
Oh, and what's flying out to where "the pilot was" gonna do? Nothing. Why search on foot? That's where the person is, dummy. A ground operation is what extracted this person.
I'm thrilled this soldier was rescued. Do I believe the soaring rhetoric of the Buffoon administration about it, nope. I'll wait for the future anonymous reports of the persons actually involved.