But despite the sworn statements of Leon and Thomas, the prosecutor looked at the military jury and claimed the Afghans did not fire. Here is what the prosecutor, Capt. Otto said, specifically, to the military jury, during his opening statement at the beginning of Clint’s trial: “The ANA are forward with a different vantage point coming up to the road. The ANA can see. The ANA do not engage.” Otto made this claim, that “the ANA do not engage,” despite knowing about the sworn statements of both Leon and Thomas, that the ANA fired, and according to Leon, the ANA fired first. Otto hid the ball.
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