{"id":832352,"date":"2021-09-30T17:14:19","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T21:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=832352"},"modified":"2021-09-30T17:14:22","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T21:14:22","slug":"marine-who-fought-during-afghan-collapse-under-investigation-for-appearing-at-trump-rally-report-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marine-who-fought-during-afghan-collapse-under-investigation-for-appearing-at-trump-rally-report-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine Who Fought During Afghan Collapse Under Investigation For Appearing At Trump Rally, Report Says\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmarine-who-fought-during-afghan-collapse-under-investigation-for-appearing-at-trump-rally-report-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=832352&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1335520712-1-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A U.S. Marine who was tasked with protecting the Hamid Karzai International Airport amid President Joe Biden\u2019s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan is reportedly under investigation for appearing at a rally earlier this month with former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Capt. Kelton J Cochran, a spokesman for the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), <a href=\"https:\/\/taskandpurpose.com\/news\/marine-investigated-trump-rally\/\">confirmed<\/a> to Task &amp; Purpose that Lance Cpl. Hunter Clark is under investigation for his appearance at a \u201cSave America Rally\u201d in Perry, Georgia, on September 25.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) has initiated a command investigation regarding LCpl Hunter Clark\u2019s attendance at the event last weekend to determine if any DoD policies were violated,\u201d Cochran said. \u201cAny details pertaining to this incident are not releasable while the investigation is being conducted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Task &amp; Purpose, the spokesman \u201cdid not specify what policies that Clark may have violated, but the Defense Department does not allow active-duty troops to \u2018speak before a partisan political gathering,&nbsp;including any gathering that promotes a partisan political party, candidate, or cause.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump introduced Clark at the event as \u201cone of the Marines who bravely served in Kabul during the withdrawal and helped evacuate children over the airport and over the airport wall.\u201d The former president also reportedly reserved \u201c13 empty seats of honor\u201d for the 13 U.S. troops killed on August 26.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou saw him, he did a great job, Lance Cpl. Hunter Ian Clark. Lance corporal, get up here!\u201d Trump introduced Clark.<\/p>\n<p>Task &amp; Purpose noted that the rally was a \u201cpolitical event,\u201d but added that \u201cClark was not in uniform when he appeared with Trump. Nor did he campaign for a political candidate or suggest that service members follow a political party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump ostensibly invited Clark on stage as part of a public show of support for U.S. troops,\u201d the report added.<\/p>\n<p>Following the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, Marine Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller was relieved from his duties for openly criticizing the Biden administration. U.S. Military has since thrown Scheller into the brig.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Scheller <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/marine-lt-col-fired-for-demanding-accountability-from-biden-admin-expects-jail-time\">predicted<\/a> his imprisonment:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"17.672064777328\">\n<p><em>\u201cThe Marine Corps will assign an investigating officer. Most likely a Colonel,\u201d Marine Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller said in the update, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/marine-afghanistan-withdrawal-expects-court-martialed-jailed\">according<\/a> to The Washington Examiner.&nbsp;\u201cOnce the investigating officer finalizes his recommendation, the Marine Corps will decide if they should pursue court-martial.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>If it goes to court-martial, Scheller added, \u201cI will be found guilty and will probably do some jail time. This will provide me a valuable opportunity to read, write, and contemplate.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/this-guy-is-all-class-crenshaw-reacts-after-marine-lt-col-relieved-of-duty-for-slamming-military-leadership\">The Daily Wire<\/a>, Scheller posted a four minute and 45-second video to Facebook demanding accountability from the Biden administration and ripping into military leadership over the deadly explosion at Hamid Karzai International Airport that left 13 U.S. service members dead. He also questioned top military leadership\u2019s call in removing troops from Bagram Airbase.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are upset because their senior leaders let them down, and none of them are raising their hands and accepting accountability or saying, \u2018We messed this up,\u2019\u201d Scheller <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/this-guy-is-all-class-crenshaw-reacts-after-marine-lt-col-relieved-of-duty-for-slamming-military-leadership\">said<\/a> in the video. \u201cI\u2019m not saying we\u2019ve got to be in Afghanistan forever, but I am saying: Did any of you throw your rank on the table and say, \u2018Hey, it\u2019s a bad idea to evacuate Bagram Airfield, a strategic airbase, before we evacuate everyone\u2019? Did anyone do that? And when you didn\u2019t think to do that, did anyone raise their hands and say, \u2018We completely messed this up\u2019?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPotentially all those people did die in vain if we don\u2019t have senior leaders that own up and raise their hand and say, \u2018We did not do this well, in the end,\u2019\u201d he continued. \u201cWithout that, we just keep repeating the same mistakes. I have been fighting for 17 years. I am willing to throw it all away to say to my senior leaders: I demand accountability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/parents-of-imprisoned-marine-his-crime-was-speaking-truth-to-power-and-power-couldnt-handle-it\">Parents Of Imprisoned Marine: \u2018His Crime Was Speaking Truth To Power, And Power Couldn\u2019t Handle&nbsp;It\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A U.S. Marine who was tasked with protecting the Hamid Karzai International Airport amid President Joe Biden\u2019s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan is reportedly under investigation for appearing at a rally &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-832352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=832352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=832352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=832352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=832352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}