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Posted: 2019-05-24T17:46:47Z | Updated: 2019-05-24T17:56:23Z

President Donald Trump is reportedly planning to pardon numerous military members accused of various war crimes. The alleged crimes include premeditated murder, desecrating corpses and shooting unarmed civilians. The plan has caused intense backlash: The notoriously apolitical retired Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, tweeted this week: Bad message. Bad precedent. Abdication of moral responsibility. Risk to us.

Its still not clear exactly whom Trump may pardon, but several names have repeatedly come up, and the president has tweeted about at least two of the men. Some of these soldiers are people that have fought hard, long, Trump said on Friday. Were going to take a look at it.

Heres a look at the servicemen and contractors Trump may pardon and what they did and are alleged to have done. In the eyes of many top military officials and human rights experts, by pardoning these men, Trump is implicitly sanctioning those acts.

Edward Gallagher