Erik Slavin / Stars
& Stripes:
Judge: Obama sex assault comments
‘unlawful command influence’ … Two defendants in military
sexual assault cases cannot be punitively discharged, if found guilty, because
of “unlawful command influence” derived from comments made by President Barack
Obama, a judge ruled in a Hawaii military court this week.
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Navy Judge Cmdr. Marcus Fulton ruled during pretrial
hearings in two sexual assault cases — U.S. vs. Johnson and U.S. vs. Fuentes —
that comments made by Obama as commander in chief would unduly influence any
potential sentencing, according to a court documents obtained by Stars and
Stripes. . . . . . . .
[Obama’s
demand in total disregard for his position as Commander in Chief and the rule
of law as to due process.]
“The bottom line is: I have no tolerance for this,” Obama said,
according to an NBC News story submitted as evidence by defense attorneys in
the sexual assault cases. ‘I expect
consequences,” Obama added. “So I don’t just want more speeches or awareness
programs or training, but ultimately folks look the other way. If we find out
somebody’s engaging in this, they’ve got to be held accountable — prosecuted,
stripped of their positions, court martialed, fired, dishonorably discharged.
Period.”
[The
military judges view of Obama’s bloviating.]
Words to which the Judge said: “A member of the public would not hear the
President’s statement to be a simple admonition to hold members accountable,”
Fulton stated. “A member of the public would draw the connection between the
‘dishonorable discharge’ required by the President and a punitive discharge
approved by the convening authority.
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