“At the request of many, I will be reviewing the case of a ‘U.S. Military hero,’ Major Matt Golsteyn," President Donald Trump tweeted. | Yuri Gripas, Pool/Getty Images White House Trump to review case of ex-commando facing murder charge

President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that he would review the case of a former Army Special Forces officer facing a murder charge, apparently after he watched a segment about the ex-commando on Fox News.

“At the request of many, I will be reviewing the case of a ‘U.S. Military hero,’ Major Matt Golsteyn, who is charged with murder,” the president wrote on Twitter . “He could face the death penalty from our own government after he admitted to killing a Terrorist bomb maker while overseas. @PeteHegseth @FoxNews”


Earlier Sunday, “Fox & Friends” co-host Pete Hegseth interviewed Mathew Golsteyn’s wife on air.

The former Green Beret is being prosecuted on one count of premeditated murder after twice acknowledging that in 2010 he killed an unarmed detainee suspected of being a Taliban bombmaker — first during a polygraph test for a job interview with the CIA in 2011, and then in a 2016 interview with Fox News.

Any interference by the White House could complicate the military’s prosecution of Golsteyn, The Washington Post reported Sunday , potentially resulting in his case being thrown out.