Donald Trump or alarm him as a attestant at a acknowledged proceeding, adage they abhorrence his comments could affect their client's appropriate to a fair trial.
Heyerdahl's advocate Army Lt. Col. Franklin Rosenblatt asked Trump in a letter anachronous Saturday for an account to altercate the Republican's comments about Bergdahl, who faces aggressive accuse afterwards walking off a column in Afghanistan in 2009. The letter beatific to Trump's New York appointment by registered mail says the account would actuate whether they will seek to accept him accord a degradation or arise as a attestant at a acknowledged hearing.
"I appeal to account you as anon as accessible about your comments about Sergeant Bergdahl during common appearances in foreground of ample audiences in beforehand of his court-martial," Rosenblatt wrote in the letter on U.S. Army letterhead.
Defense advocate Eugene Fidell said Trump's statements could affect Bergahl's appropriate to a fair trial. He added in an email to The Associated Press that the statements "raise a austere catechism as to whether he has compromised Sgt. Bergdahl's appropriate to a fair trial."
A backer for Trump's attack didn't anon acknowledge to an email and a buzz alarm gluttonous comment.
Fidell had ahead asked about that Trump cease authoritative comments about Bergdahl such as Trump's animadversion in October that the soldier was a "traitor, a abject traitor, who should accept been executed." Fidell has aswell said ahead that Trump gave incorrect advice about accomplishment efforts for Bergdahl during accessible speeches.
Bergdahl faces accuse of abrogation and misbehavior afore the enemy, a almost attenuate allegation that carries a abuse of up to activity in prison. His balloon had been tentatively appointed for the summer, but acknowledged altercation over admission to classified abstracts has acquired delays.
Bergdahl, of Hailey, Idaho, absolved off his column in eastern Afghanistan on June 30, 2009, and was appear in backward May 2014 as allotment of a captive swap, in barter for 5 detainees in Guantanamo Bay. The move prompted acrid criticism, with some in Congress accusing President Barack Obama of jeopardizing the assurance of the country.
He was arraigned in December but has yet to access a plea
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