Prosecutors also allege Portier made false statements when questioned about Gallagher’s actions by his commanders.Īttorney Jeremiah Sullivan, who represents Portier, said there are conflicting accounts from members of the platoon, and that instead of reporting the incidents to him, the SEALs actually kept information from Portier. This is about Chief Gallagher killing civilians indiscriminately and the chain of command that did nothing about it.”
“This is not a case about any minor misconduct by the enlisted sailors in the platoon or any perceived guilt by association. Portier and told him if an investigation wasn’t launched, they were going directly to NCIS, the Commodore or Fox News,” McMahon said. platoon’s outpost and that the detainee appeared to have died from grave combat wounds, not from any mistreatment.“It got so bad that by February or March 2018, (the two SEALs) were so frustrated that they went to Lt. Kirylo said he was also present during the entire time the captured Iraqi fighter was alive at the U.S. intelligence officer for Gallagher’s platoon and took the witness stand after the presentation of Jubouri’s testimony. His account was echoed by Marine Staff Sergeant Giorgio Kirylo, who was the U.S. They did their best to get him to survive,” Jubouri testified in broken English. REUTERS/Mike BlakeĪ sworn deposition of Major General Abbas al-Jubouri, videotaped in San Diego earlier this month, was played for the seven-member jury on the second day of defense testimony in the court-martial of Navy Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher.Ĭontrary to prior testimony that Gallagher, or a medic on his team, had acted deliberately to cause the death of a helpless Islamic State fighter in their custody, Jubouri said the Navy SEALs did all they could to save the teenager’s life. Navy SEAL Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher arrives at court for the start of his court-martial trial at Naval Base San Diego in San Diego, California, U.S., June 18, 2019.
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