GOP lawmaker admits to posing in photo with dead combatant

By Caitlin Yilek

Published May 28, 2019 2:56pm ET

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GOP lawmaker admits to posing in photo with dead combatant — FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2018, file photo, Republican U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter leaves an arraignment hearing in San Diego after he and his wife, Margaret, pleaded not guilty to charges they illegally used his campaign account for personal expenses. | (Gregory Bull/AP)

Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., admitted he had posed in a photo with a dead combatant in defense of servicemen accused of war crimes.

Hunter, a veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, said Saturday at a town hall that the military justice system is “corrupt” in response to Navy SEAL chief Edward Gallagher and Army Maj. Mathew Golsteyn facing charges of war crimes during their service.

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