[ April 19, 2024 ]
This is very good news. “President Trump had denounced the government’s handling of Saucier’s case, calling it a political move and saying it contrasted with the velvet-gloved response to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s mismanagement of classified information through a private server.”
That’s right. If Saucier was imprisoned, Clinton should have been imprisoned for a much longer period of time. If Clinton walks free, so should Saucier. What’s more, unlike the self-serving and rapacious Clinton, Saucier has done a great deal of good: “While serving, he regularly mentored younger sailors and served as an instructor for new recruits. The sentencing judge found that Mr. Saucier’s offense stands in contrast to his commendable military service. The president is appreciative of Mr. Saucier’s service to the country.”
The President has done the right thing.
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“Trump pardons former Navy sailor imprisoned for taking photos on nuclear submarine, White House says,” by Elizabeth Llorente, Fox News, March 10, 2018:
Kristian Saucier, the former U.S. Navy sailor who served a year behind bars for taking photos of classified areas in a nuclear submarine, has been pardoned, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said Friday.
Saucier recently received a letter from the Department of Justice saying it was taking a new look at his request for a pardon. Although he was released from jail last year, he remained under house arrest.
President Trump had denounced the government’s handling of Saucier’s case, calling it a political move and saying it contrasted with the velvet-gloved response to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s mismanagement of classified information through a private server.
“The president has pardoned Kristian Saucier, a Navy submariner,” Sanders said in a press briefing Friday afternoon. “Mr. Saucier was 22 years old at the time of his offenses and has served out his 12-months sentence. He has been recognized by his fellow service members for his dedication, skill and patriotic spirit.”
“While serving, he regularly mentored younger sailors and served as an instructor for new recruits. The sentencing judge found that Mr. Saucier’s offense stands in contrast to his commendable military service. The president is appreciative of Mr. Saucier’s service to the country.”
Saucier told Fox News that he couldn’t believe the pardon had finally come through until his wife emailed a picture of the document signed by Trump, who also called him Friday.
Saucier said he feels liberated from the stigma of being a felon, and from the many limitations of house arrest, which precluded him from leaving the state.
“I feel I can hope for the future now,” Saucier said. “I can live a normal life. I can take my daughter to different places, I can do all these things with my family.”…
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28 Comments
6 years ago
Good, it is time some common sense was applied to all forms of “justice” including military. There is no evidence of any malicious intent on Mr. Saucier’s part. It is very unlikely that the pictures would be of any value to America’s enemies. The service that America service men and women is commendable. There actions should be looked in looked at in light of what they do. Now, do shall we apply the same criteria to politicians? Those who sell American assets, like uranium to foreign powers and access to politicians for personal gain, they should be in jail.
6 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
Agree. on frivolous grounds he has punished .
And Dems supported Iran nuke deal after getting paid by Iranian lobbyists https://tinyurl.com/mcake4d
Not one MSM covered it and nobody bats an eye . They sold out American/israeli interest for few 10,000’s dollars.
still no investigation. No prosecution. No jail !
6 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
Thankfully this President did not wait until the end of his time in office to issue this necessary pardon, as has been typical in prior “administrations”..
6 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
Agreed. After being a poll worker at this recent primary, get your voter credentials in order now instead of waiting till Election Day, when it is too late, and then looking for someone else to blame.
D
6 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
Hillary was let off the hook because of no “intent”…thank God for Trump.
6 years ago
A year in jail for a young man’s goof while the Clintons sold out our country’s expertise lock, stock & barrel to the Chinese.
6 years ago
In any reasonable system of law, Hillary would already be in jail. All of her senior aides would be in jail. ~Newt Gingrich
Remember in 1993 when 400 FBI confidential files on Reagan and Bush appointees turned up in the Clinton White House?
FBI was weaponized , by Hillary, for partisan political purposes.
6 years ago
Good for Trump. This guy should never have been jailed. It was truly an injustice, especially for someone who had such a great military record. What a horrible way to treat someone who is defending our country. While Mr. Saucier should have known the rules for photographing in classified areas, the Navy’s response was totally over blown and out of proportion. At worst, he could have gotten a lecture from his CO. He didn’t sell his photos, he did not gain financially or in any other way from taking them, so this was a witch hunt from the start. He obviously pissed off the wrong high-ranking person in his short career.
6 years ago
Reply to
santashandler
Saucier shouldn’t have been dumb enough to not only take lots of pictures, but then try to destroy the evidence (the latter is an add-on offense).
6 years ago
Reply to
aemoreira1981
Saucier, 29, admitted to taking a half-dozen photos of the USS Alexandria’s classified propulsion system while working as a machinist in its engine room in 2009. He pleaded guilty in May 2016 to one count of unauthorized possession and retention of national defense information.
Saucier possessed six (6) photographs classified as “confidential/restricted”. Moreover, no attempt was made to destroy any evidence.
I don’t know which of the three, Litty, Kat Mandu, or aemi, is the stupidest … Let’s just call it a tie. Not only are they inane .. they all have a propensity of telling bald faced lies.
6 years ago
Reply to
Achmed Mohammedan
Yep. To say he tried to destroy the evidence, would have suggested criminal intent. I think Saucier showed he had no criminal intent and Trump rightfully saw that.
6 years ago
Reply to
Achmed Mohammedan
Agreed. Saucier is not stupid or inept by any stretch. I spent four years in the US Navy and looking at that photo, that is the absolute youngest E-6 I ever saw, meaning rapid advancement.
6 years ago
Reply to
aemoreira1981
No mention made of his trying to destroy the “evidence.” In any case, there was no there, there.
D
6 years ago
How about a pardon of former Army 1st Lt. Michael Behenna?
“Behenna has had the support of dozens of generals and admirals across the four
branches of armed forces. This month, Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter wrote President Trump requesting a pardon for a native son of his state.”
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/22/michael-behenna-seeks-trump-pardon/
6 years ago
Reply to
End PC
Commendable, but, a decent person, even a politician would look at the circumstances, not the place of birth. Right is right, favouritism is bigotry.
6 years ago
By contemporary liberal standards regarding their own, all felons should be pardoned.
6 years ago
The thing is Clinton isn’t going to walk free. #NODEALS
http://gitmotrials.com
6 years ago
Yes, if you or I did what Hillary did we would have been imprisoned, our house raided, our work place searched, our assets seized and dozens of police, F-agents and a SWAT team would have showed up.
But for Bill and Hillary? Nothing!! No, instead they are allowed to roam free, protected by US Agents (on your dime) and even get to run for the HIGHEST OFFICE.
So this proves that those in power are corrupt and must be doing the same thing, LEST THEY ALL GO TO JAIL and some even HANGED!
6 years ago
The man should now have all of his rights restored, including the right to complete his enlistment, full pay for the incarceration period, and the award of an honorable discharge. Trump has corrected a clear wrong! Let’s make sure the action is complete!
6 years ago
Another win by President Trump.
Granted, the soldier never should have been charged. Perhaps he can turn this negative into a positive.
6 years ago
Saucier’s mistreatment at the hands of the Obhammud administration is easy to see through. It was a political ploy to distract from the Hillary home brew server fiasco but, in actuality, merely highlighted it. President Trump’s pardon does the same, only “bigly”.
Say, knowing Obhammud, you don’t suppose Saucier’s being a white military member had any bearing on the case, do you? Just sayin’.
6 years ago
This shows you how much Obama hated whites in the military, but did like freeing the five Muslim terrorist from GITMO and never prosecuted Nidal Hasan.
6 years ago
Thank you President Trump, if anyone deserved a pardon it was Mr. Saucier.
6 years ago
It does not really matter who you are if you are breaking the law. Some people do it, and get away with it, but not everybody. I can’t equate what he did to what Hillary did, but it was still wrong.
A cop may catch you speeding, but give you a warning instead of a ticket. But he does not have to be that generous, and the next guy who does the same thing will get a ticket. Would the guy who got one be right in saying he didn’t deserve it because somebody else was not ticketed?
What the sailor and the candidate did were wrong, Hillary has seemingly eluded prosecution, so far. But the wheels of justice keep turning, and we can hope that one day there will be a correction. As for the sailor, he got a minimum sentence, but he did commit a crime. I have no idea what his motivation was, perhaps just his own curiosity, but he had to have known how dangerous his action was. While I don’t think he deserved a pardon, neither did Bradley Manning.
6 years ago
PERFECT Mr. PRESIDENT !
