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TomSlick

(12,065 posts)
7. The short answer is no.
Wed Dec 26, 2018, 07:52 PM
Dec 2018

The federal district court and a court martial are both courts of the same sovereign - the US. He cannot be tried for the offenses that are part of his plea deal in federal district court. It is unlikely that he will loose his retired pay under the Hiss Act.

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The short answer is no. TomSlick Dec 2018 #7
Oh well Sherman A1 Dec 2018 #8
I wish that he could be tried by court martial, TomSlick Dec 2018 #9
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