Soldier Bergdahl, Citing Trump Remarks, Wants Desertion Case Dismissed

U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, charged with desertion in Afghanistan, wants the case against him dismissed, saying he cannot get a fair trial now that Donald Trump, who has called him a traitor, is president, according to a court motion filed Friday. Lawyers for Bergdahl, 30, submitted the motion on the day that Trump took the oath of office as 45th president of the United States. The soldier, who spent five years as a prisoner of the Taliban in Afghanistan after walking off his...

© La Voix de l'Amérique - vendredi 20 janvier 2017