Parlatore previously represented Fox News host Pete Hegseth, who has privately encouraged the President to pardon some United States servicemen accused of war crimes, including Gallagher, a person familiar with the conversations told CNN on Tuesday. Task & Purpose was first to report that Mukasey and Kerik are involved in the case. Kerik has been working with Gallagher’s lawyers for “two to three months” as a strategist and investigator, one of the sources familiar with the situation said. Lead defense attorney Tim Parlatore confirmed Wednesday that Mukasey, who is also involved in legal efforts to block House lawmakers from accessing President Donald Trump’s financial records, is “one of the attorneys on Chief Gallagher’s team.” He has regularly appeared on Fox News as a surrogate for the President.Ĭnn tonight bernard kerik major event _00043005.jpg Bush but withdrew from consideration due to potential tax violations. Kerik, who once served three years in federal prison for charges including tax fraud and lying to officials, was nominated as homeland security secretary by President George W.
Trump Organization lawyer Marc Mukasey started working on the case in recent months, according to sources familiar with the situation.įormer NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik, a former business partner of Trump ally and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, also is helping with Gallagher’s case. Gallagher faces a slew of accusations connected to violations of military law while he was deployed to the Iraqi city of Mosul in 2017, including premeditated murder in the stabbing death of an injured person in Iraq. An attorney for Navy SEAL chief Edward “Eddie” Gallagher also represents the Trump Organization, CNN has learned, just days after reports surfaced indicating the President is considering pardoning Gallagher of charges that could constitute war crimes.
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