Army deserter Beau Bergdahl lost his latest appeal today. In 2007 Bergdahl pled guilty to desertion. He was spared prison time but was dishonorably discharged from the military as a private.
In 2009, Bergdahl walked away from his post in Afghanistan. He was captured and held by the Taliban for five years. Some of his fellow soldiers were severely injured trying to find him. In 2014, former President Barack Obama brought Bergdahl home in a swap for five Taliban prisoners at Guantanamo Bay.
“Appellant asks this Court to dismiss with prejudice the charges and specifications against him, or in the alternative, to grant other meaningful relief such as approving a sentence of no punishment. We decline to do so,” the court wrote.
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Bergdahl’s lawyers argued that repeated comments made by President Trump prevented the ex-soldier from receiving a fair trial. Bergdahl still has the option of taking his case to the Supreme Court.