“Dirty rotten traitor” Bowe Bergdahl asks Obama for a pardon before he feels the wrath of Trump

“Dirty rotten traitor” Bowe Bergdahl asks Obama for a pardon before he feels the wrath of Trump December 5, 2016

He must see the writing on the wall.

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who is accused of deserting his Army outpost and was taken prisoner by the Taliban for five years before being freed in exchange for five Taliban prisoners, has requested a pardon from President Obama.

A source told Fox News that, in a letter, Bergdahl both thanked the President for rescuing him in May 2014 in a controversial exchange for five Taliban prisoners from Guantanamo Bay and asked for a pardon.

Bergdahl’s legal team submitted copies of a clemency application to the White House, the Pentagon, and the Justice Department immediately after the election, the New York Timesreported.

The pardon would avert Bergdahl’s court-martial trial, which is slated to begin April 18.

He is facing charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy that endangered fellow soldiers.

President-elect Donald Trump criticized Bergdahl on the campaign trail, calling him a “dirty, rotten traitor” who “should have been executed,” the Hill reported.

Trump has also criticized the policy of hostage trading, while promising to be tougher on terrorism than Obama.

I hope justice is done here, and I’m thankful that we’re going to have a new President who takes patriotism seriously.


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