US soldier who called for Trump impeachment facing military charges
Major Jason Watson faces charges under rarely-used military law prohibiting criticism of the US president. The United States Air Force said it is seeking charges under the military justice system against Major Jason Watson for his public call for the impeachment and removal from office of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance over the US-Israel war on Iran.
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- Fact 1: And that is unacceptable to me, and it should be unacceptable to all of us.” On Tuesday, Watson’s lawyer said in a statement that the airman would face charges under three articles of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, including Article 88 – a rarely used provision which accuses him of using “contemptuous words against the President, the Vice President, Congress”.
Major Jason Watson faces charges under rarely-used military law prohibiting criticism of the US president. The United States Air Force said it is seeking charges under the military justice system against Major Jason Watson for his public call for the impeachment and removal from office of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance over the US-Israel war on Iran.
“Major Watson acted knowing the risks to his career and his liberty,” Watson’s lawyer Christopher Mutimer said on Tuesday. “It is my hope that other Americans who feel powerless in this moment will take some measure of courage from his willingness to speak and to stand by his convictions.” What we know about US soldiers killed in Iran war, and Iranian casualties Trump vows Iran will ‘pay’ for killing US soldiers Why are anti-war protests in the West muted on Iran? Watson, an active-duty officer, was detained by police in his uniform in July on the steps of the US Capitol, where he had taken part in a protest holding a sign calling for Trump and Vance to be removed from office.
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Original source: Al Jazeera
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