Bergdahl’s Court-Martial Voided Over Judge Partiality Concerns

Robert Bergdahl, the former US soldier who was court-martialed after leaving his post in Afghanistan, getting captured, and spending five years as a Taliban prisoner, had his conviction voided by a federal judge.

The military judge who presided over the court-martial failed to adequately preserve the image of impartiality, Judge Reggie B. Walton of the US District Court for the District of Columbia said Tuesday.

Bergdahl was captured in 2009, and released as part of a prisoner exchange with the Taliban in 2014. He was charged with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, and his court martial was prosecuted from ...