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Vol. 15 · No. 135 · Thursday, 12 November 2026

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Eddie Gallagher’s top 5 defense tips for Russians accused of war crimes

"I know how to own a courtroom."

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FLORIDA PANHANDLE — Hello fellow members of the warrior class! Retired SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher here, taking a break from re-watching my TV appearances and polishing my SEAL trident spear to offer some advice.

Russians from squads to the Kremlin might soon be sunk deeper than the Moskva in a sea of war crime indictments by the international woke liberal mob. I was once accused of a handful of charges but only convicted on the pissant charge of posing in a photograph with a corpse.

That means I know how to own a courtroom. If you also want to beat namby-pamby prosecutors and avoid a long tour in a gulag, follow these rules, shipmates:

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