‘The guy is freaking evil’: Eddie Gallagher’s fellow Navy SEALS describe him as ‘toxic’ and trigger-happy in previously unseen interviews with investigators
Edward Gallagher’s fellow Navy SEALS chillingly described him as ‘freaking evil’, ‘toxic’ and trigger-happy in previously unseen video interviews with investigators ahead of his war crimes trial.
The SEALS were interviewed by naval criminal investigators before Gallagher was charged in September 2018 – and then later acquitted – of war crimes, including the murder of a wounded ISIS fighter in Iraq.
The video recordings of their interviews were leaked to the New York Times and are now shown publicly for the first time in its The Weekly documentary series.
The SEALS were interviewed by naval criminal investigators before Gallagher was charged in September 2018 – and then later acquitted – of war crimes
A military jury acquitted Gallagher of all the war crimes charges he was facing except one, posing in photos with the dead captive
In addition to the video interviews, combat footage and text message exchanges between SEALS were also released.
They were all part of the investigative files used in Gallagher’s high-profile trial this summer.
Three SEALS told investigators in the confidential interviews that they saw Gallagher, who was their platoon chief at the time, stab a wounded ISIS fighter in the neck during a 2017 deployment to Iraq.
‘The guy is freaking evil,’ Special Operator First Class Craig Miller told investigators in his interview.
In a separate interview, Special Operator First Class Joshua Vriens said: ‘The guy was toxic.’
Special Operator First Class Corey Scott, who was a medic, was recorded saying: ‘You could tell he was perfectly okay with killing anybody that was moving.’
Despite claiming to have witnessed Gallagher allegedly killing the ISIS fighter, the SEALS were not called to testify during his trial.