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Mathew Golsteyn

Mathew Golsteyn at a Republican Party of Florida dinner in 2019.
Source: Joyce N. Boghosian / Official White House Photo · Rights/use: Public domain under 17 U.S.C. § 105 as a United States federal government work · Modified: cropped and resized
PersonPrison & pardons4 relationships
Relationship to TrumpArmy Special Forces officer who received Trump presidential clemency before court-martial triallegal · political / 2 sources

Status

  1. Pending military murder charge pardoned before triallegal / 2019-11-151 source · Lead source

Exact relationships

  1. Donald J. Trump

    Relationship to TrumpArmy Special Forces officer who received Trump presidential clemency before court-martial trial

    legalpoliticalOpen evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented
  2. Donald J. Trump

    Trump pretrial pardon examined by ACLU

    legalpoliticalOpen evidence · 2 sourcesreported
  3. Donald J. Trump

    Trump-pardoned service member with referred military charge

    legalpoliticalOpen evidence · 2 sourcescharged
  4. Donald J. Trump

    pardoned a pending military murder charge before trial

    legalpoliticalOpen evidence · 1 sourcedocumented

Record timeline

  1. Army referred Golsteyn's case to a general court-martialCharge later ended through Trump's pretrial pardonTrump-pardoned service member with referred military charge · charged · 2 sources
  2. Trump pardoned Mathew Golsteyn before his military trialFull and unconditional pretrial pardon grantedArmy Special Forces officer who received Trump presidential clemency before court-martial trial · documented · 2 sources
  3. Trump pardoned Mathew Golsteyn before his murder trialFull presidential pardon ended the pending military prosecution without adjudicating the charge.pardoned a pending military murder charge before trial · documented · 1 source
  4. ACLU linked Trump's three military interventions to weakened command accountabilityPublished civil-liberties assessmentTrump pretrial pardon examined by ACLU · reported · 2 sources