--- title: "Eddie Gallagher accuses Navy Secretary Richard Spencer of ‘meddling in my case’" description: "Eddie Gallagher's attorney told Task & Purpose that Navy Secretary Richard Spencer allegedly \"personally interfered in efforts to get Chief Gallagher competent legal counsel.\"" date: "2019-11-24" modified: "2019-11-24" authors: - name: "Jeff Schogol" job_title: "Senior Pentagon Reporter" link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/jeff-schogol.md" url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/news/gallagher-accuses-spencer-meddling/" categories: - "News" tags: - "eddie gallagher" --- # Eddie Gallagher accuses Navy Secretary Richard Spencer of ‘meddling in my case’ ![]() Navy SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher is accusing Navy Secretary Richard Spencer of interfering with his case. "Just recently, we've come up with more evidence that we'll be exposing next week that the secretary of the Navy was actually meddling in my case and trying to get organizations not to support me while I was incarcerated," Gallagher said on a Sunday interview on Fox & Friends. Gallagher's attorney Timothy Parlatore told Task & Purpose on Sunday that Spencer allegedly "personally interfered in efforts to get Chief Gallagher competent legal counsel." A spokeswoman for Spencer declined to comment on Sunday. Task & Purpose has confirmed that plans are moving forward to have Gallagher and three other SEALs appear before a review board next month which will recommend whether to revoke their SEAL tridents. The final decision will be made by Rear Adm. Collin Green, head of Naval Special Warfare Command. [Gordon Lubold and Nancy Youssef of the Wall Street Journal]() reported on Sunday that President Donald Trump has allowed the Navy to hold the proceedings even though the president tweeted a few days ago, The Navy will NOT be taking away Warfighter and Navy Seal Eddie Gallagher's Trident Pin." Spencer told reporters on Saturday that he would halt the review board if he received a written order from Trump to do so. "If the president requests that the process stop, the process stops," Spencer said. "Good order and discipline is also obeying orders from the president of the United States." The White House did not respond to a request for comment. When Trump tweeted on Sunday that Gallagher would appear on Fox & Friends, he added: "Have no fear, all will end well for everyone!" https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1198574811678683137 On Fox & Friends, Gallagher accused Green of retaliating against him by trying to take away his SEAL trident. "What the admiral is doing, showing complete insubordination, is not the good example of good order and discipline," Gallagher said. When asked about Gallagher's comments, a spokeswoman for Naval Special Warfare Command deferred to an earlier Navy statement, which said the service is awaiting further guidance. ## Author Jeff Schogol is the former senior Pentagon reporter for Task & Purpose. He reported on both the Department of Defense as a whole and individual services, covering a variety of topics that include personnel, policy, military justice, deployments, and technology. ### Author social links [Instagram]() [LinkedIn]() [Twitter]() ## More - [Navy Secretary Richard Spencer fired over handling of Eddie Gallagher’s SEAL trident]() - [Read Navy Secretary Richard Spencer’s fiery final letter to Trump]() - [SecDef Esper ‘flabbergasted’ by Navy Secretary making secret deal with White House on Gallagher case]() - [The Navy secretary and admiral in charge of SEALs could resign or be fired for trying to revoke Eddie Gallagher’s trident]() - [Trump vows the Navy will not revoke Eddie Gallagher’s SEAL trident]() - [Navy could take away tridents for Eddie Gallagher and other SEALs]() - [Navy halts process to revoke tridents for Eddie Gallagher and three other SEALs]() - [Trump expected to intervene in Golsteyn, Lorance, and Gallagher war crimes cases by Veterans Day]()