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Top General Scheduled to Testify at Bergdahl Hearing
Source: Associated Press
Top General Scheduled to Testify at Bergdahl Hearing
By JONATHAN DREW, ASSOCIATED PRESS FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Aug 24, 2016, 2:40 AM ET
A top Army general is scheduled to testify Wednesday about why he destroyed letters he received from supporters and critics of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.
Gen. Robert B. Abrams is expected to appear in court Wednesday at a pretrial hearing to answer questions related to a motion seeking to disqualify him from the case. Abrams is the four-star head of U.S. Army Forces command who decided to send the soldier's case to a general court-martial rather than a lower-level tribunal.
Abrams has acknowledged that he disposed of letters on the case that he had largely received from the general public by sending them to an incinerator. The defense is seeking to allow another commander to decide whether the case warrants a general court-martial.
The destruction of the letters is one of several reasons the defense says Abrams should be disqualified. They also cite his prior role advising former U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel during efforts to return Bergdahl from captivity and questions about whether Abrams considered defense objections to the findings of a preliminary hearing.
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By JONATHAN DREW, ASSOCIATED PRESS FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Aug 24, 2016, 2:40 AM ET
A top Army general is scheduled to testify Wednesday about why he destroyed letters he received from supporters and critics of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.
Gen. Robert B. Abrams is expected to appear in court Wednesday at a pretrial hearing to answer questions related to a motion seeking to disqualify him from the case. Abrams is the four-star head of U.S. Army Forces command who decided to send the soldier's case to a general court-martial rather than a lower-level tribunal.
Abrams has acknowledged that he disposed of letters on the case that he had largely received from the general public by sending them to an incinerator. The defense is seeking to allow another commander to decide whether the case warrants a general court-martial.
The destruction of the letters is one of several reasons the defense says Abrams should be disqualified. They also cite his prior role advising former U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel during efforts to return Bergdahl from captivity and questions about whether Abrams considered defense objections to the findings of a preliminary hearing.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/top-general-scheduled-testify-bergdahl-hearing-41608684
