This was the result of perplexity.ai Below are the 5 largest war criminals pardoned by Donald Trump, any in the military who objected were fired. War Crimes Involved in Trump’s Pardons Donald Trump, during his presidency, issued pardons for several individuals convicted or accused of war crimes stemming from actions in Iraq and Afghanistan. The main cases include: 1. First Lt. Clint Lorance • Convicted of two counts of second-degree murder for ordering his soldiers to open fire on three unarmed Afghan men on a motorcycle in 2012. His own platoon testified that the men posed no threat and that Lorance’s order was illegal. 2. Maj. Mathew Golsteyn • Accused of murdering an unarmed Afghan man in 2010, who was a suspected Taliban bombmaker. Golsteyn admitted to the killing during a CIA job interview, saying he shot the detainee after being compelled to release him due to deficiencies in the Afghan detention system. 3. Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher • Navy SEAL charged with shooting at civilians for sport, including an Iraqi schoolgirl and an elderly man, and for fatally stabbing a wounded teenage ISIS captive, then posing with the corpse. Gallagher was acquitted of most charges but convicted of bringing discredit to the armed forces and was demoted before Trump intervened to restore his rank. 4. Four Blackwater Contractors (Nicholas Slatten, Paul Slough, Evan Liberty, Dustin Heard) • Convicted for their roles in the 2007 Nisour Square massacre in Baghdad, where they opened fire on civilians, killing 17 people, including two children, and injuring 20 more while escorting a US embassy convoy. 5. First Lt. Michael Behenna • Convicted of executing a prisoner he was ordered to release during deployment in Iraq. Tweet