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Mathew Golsteyn

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

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 murder trialFull presidential pardon ended the pending military prosecution without adjudicating the charge.pardoned a pending military murder charge before trial · documented · 1 source
  3. 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

    1 recipient-level pardon actionsFull pardon granted to Mathew Golsteyn · 2019-11-15

  4. ACLU linked Trump's three military interventions to weakened command accountabilityPublished civil-liberties assessmentTrump pretrial pardon examined by ACLU · reported · 2 sources
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Relationships

  1. Trump-pardoned service member with referred military chargelegalpoliticalcharged · 1 file · 2 source referencesOpen cited record
  2. pardoned a pending military murder charge before triallegalpoliticaldocumented · 1 file · 1 source referenceOpen cited record
  3. Trump pretrial pardon examined by ACLUlegalpoliticalreported · 1 file · 2 source referencesOpen cited record
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