A PRESIDENT'S PREROGATIVE: President Trump has been accused by some critics of trying to influence the outcome of a case involving a decorated Green Beret accused of murder in the death of a Taliban bombmaker. By announcing his decision to "review" the case via Twitter, some critics say the president wielding his influence ... However, Gen. Anthony Tata, retired brigadier general of the United States Army who served as Secretary of Transportation of North Carolina from 2013 to 2015 under Governor Pat McCrory, says the president's actions are justified.
In an op-ed for FoxNews.com, Tata writes, "President Donald Trump is perfectly within his legal authority to assert that he will review the case of West Point graduate and Special Forces Major Mathew Golsteyn, who is charged with murdering a Taliban bomb maker in Afghanistan in 2010."
Tata continues: "As commander-in-chief, the president has the ultimate authority and responsibility to review military cases as he sees fit. His tweet does not exert command influence and is neutral in its tenor – rightfully so, as Golsteyn’s is an almost nine-year-old, complex case that puts a warrior in legal jeopardy."
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