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01-21-2019, 06:12 PM
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Hearing set for former Green Beret accused of murdering alleged Afghan bomb-maker

By: Todd South   4 days ago https://www.armytimes.com/resizer/d3hexCT4tVt1KvXTBwjtnh63Q4U=/1200x0/filters:quality(100)/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-mco.s3.amazonaws.com/public/FVEUG4XK7ZERBGUO5EJEY5NGFQ.jpg Then-Capt. Mathew Golsteyn is congratulated by fellow soldiers following an award ceremony for 3rd Special Forces Group on Fort Bragg, N.C., Jan. 4, 2011.(James Robinson/The Fayetteville Observer via AP)

Officials have set a date for the preliminary hearing of a former Green Beret charged with murder (https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2018/12/13/former-green-beret-major-faces-murder-charge-for-2010-afghanistan-incident/) in the death of an Afghan man during a 2010 deployment.

Maj. Mathew Golsteyn will face the Article 32 hearing on March 14 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, according to a statement released by Army Special Operations Command (https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2018/11/14/more-than-a-dozen-navy-seals-may-get-caught-up-in-war-crimes-investigation/).

The hearing is an “initial step” toward determining if Golsteyn violated the Uniform Code of Military Justice charge of premeditated murder.

Eight years after the alleged incident, on Dec. 18, Golsteyn’s commander “determined that sufficient evidence exists to warrant the preferral of charges against him,” USASOC spokesman Lt. Col. Loren Bymer told Army Times in a brief email statement at the time.

Both President Donald Trump and Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., a Marine veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, have defended Golsteyn. Trump has tweeted that he would review the case against Golsteyn, prompting concerns that the judicial process could be swayed in favor of the former Green Beret.


https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2019/01/17/hearing-set-for-former-green-beret-accused-of-murdering-alleged-afghan-bomb-maker/