More: Bowe Bergdahl Avoids Prison for Desertion; Trump Calls Sentence a ‘Disgrace’ (3. November 2017)FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who walked off his Army base in Afghanistan in 2009 and was held captive by the Taliban for five years, received no prison time for desertion or endangering troops, but was ordered by a military judge on Friday to be dishonorably discharged from the Army.
The sentencing took only minutes in a case where prosecutors had sought 14 years in a military prison.
The so-called president Trump said of the sentencing:
"The decision on Sergeant Bergdahl is a complete and total disgrace to our Country and to our Military."
Last year, during his campaign he repeatedly called for Bergdahl to be executed.
The defence lawyers now have an even better argument to get the whole case thrown out on appeal due to Trump's comments as they can be perceived as trying to unlawfully influence the case.