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Jurors in Bergdahl case will be quizzed about Trump
Source: ABC News
Jurors in Bergdahl case will be quizzed about Trump
By SARAH KOLINOVSKY, CHRISTI HARTMAN and ADAM KELSEY - Jun 21, 2017, 4:55 PM ET
Attorneys at a pre-trial hearing Wednesday for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl discussed a questionnaire that could be given to potential jurors to determine whether they have been influenced by President Donald Trump's past critical remarks about the former prisoner of war.
During last year's presidential campaign, Trump referred to Bergdahl as a "dirty, rotten traitor" and a "bum," among other terms, on numerous occasions as he decried the exchange of five Guantanamo Bay detainees brokered to free Bergdahl as part of his regular stump speech.
The sergeant disappeared from his post in Afghanistan in 2009 and was held for almost five years before his release by the Taliban. He was charged in 2015 with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, the latter a military crime that carries a potential life sentence.
The judge handling Bergdahl's case previously ordered lawyers on both sides to develop the questionnaire for possible jurors.
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By SARAH KOLINOVSKY, CHRISTI HARTMAN and ADAM KELSEY - Jun 21, 2017, 4:55 PM ET
Attorneys at a pre-trial hearing Wednesday for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl discussed a questionnaire that could be given to potential jurors to determine whether they have been influenced by President Donald Trump's past critical remarks about the former prisoner of war.
During last year's presidential campaign, Trump referred to Bergdahl as a "dirty, rotten traitor" and a "bum," among other terms, on numerous occasions as he decried the exchange of five Guantanamo Bay detainees brokered to free Bergdahl as part of his regular stump speech.
The sergeant disappeared from his post in Afghanistan in 2009 and was held for almost five years before his release by the Taliban. He was charged in 2015 with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, the latter a military crime that carries a potential life sentence.
The judge handling Bergdahl's case previously ordered lawyers on both sides to develop the questionnaire for possible jurors.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/jurors-bergdahl-case-quizzed-trump/story?id=48191605
