Last Tuesday, a military judge vacated the military desertion conviction of a former US Soldier who pleaded in military court guilty to desertion after leaving his duty and being captured and tortured by the Taliban in Afghanistan.

A former US Soldier was discharged and forced to pay a penalty in 2017

A military judge vacated the conviction of Bowe Bergdahl, a former US Soldier who became a political flash point after he abandoned his base in Afghanistan to protest and was held captive for five years by the Taliban.

Judge Reggie B Walton of the Federal District Court ruled that a military judge responsible for the US Soldier case punishment process gave the appearance of a conflict of interest by failing to disclose that he applied for a work position in the Trump administration during the legal proceedings of the former US Soldier.

Former president Trump was harsh to former US Soldier Bergdahl, saying once that no-good traitor should have been executed.

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The Obama administration secured the freedom of the former US Soldier

The case of the former US Soldier Bergdahl was a unique situation where the responsible military judge might be persuaded to appeal to the president’s interest in the conviction and punishment of the former US Soldier.

Last 2017, a military judge downgraded a former US soldier to the rank of private, discharged him, and forced him to pay $10,000.

The administration of President Obama secured the freedom of the former US soldier by releasing five Taliban detainees in exchange.

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