His defence team had filed motions seeking either to dismiss the charges altogether or to remove the senior government trial attorney on grounds of alleged misconduct by the prosecutor and agents of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service ( NCIS). ![]() The special operations platoon leader says he was wrongly accused and that fellow SEAL team members testifying against him, several under grants of immunity, are disgruntled subordinates who fabricated allegations to force him from command. The proceedings are being conducted at U.S. If convicted, he could face life in prison. ![]() Navy SEAL charged with war crimes was ordered removed from the case on Monday because he electronically tracked email communications of defence lawyers without a warrant, a Navy spokesman said. Gallagher has pleaded not guilty to all charges, including obstructing justice in the case, which stems from his latest tour of duty in Mosul, Iraq, in 2017. SANDIEGO (Reuters) The lead prosecutor in the court-martial of a U.S. SAN DIEGO A lawyer for a Navy SEAL accused of murder wants military prosecutors and a judge removed from the case for their roles in snooping on emails sent to the defense team and a. Gallagher, 39, a decorated career combat veteran, is charged with murdering a wounded Islamic State fighter in his custody, and with attempted murder in the wounding of two unarmed civilians – a school girl and elderly man – shot from a sniper’s perch.
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