Neither Parlatore nor Gallagher have explained why he is raising the theory now or have offered direct evidence supporting any alleged agreement. He never raised the alleged agreement theory in his cross examination of the witnesses and, in fact, complained in a motion to dismiss that prosecutors had improperly withheld evidence asserting that one medic had conducted unnecessary procedures on the detainee. Parlatore, however, has not pointed to court records specifically raising the alleged agreement. And it was also presented to the judge in a motion,' said Parlatore. 'We knew about it, the prosecutors knew about it, pieces of it were presented to the jury.

The attorney said that the new narrative as laid out by Gallagher 'was always there, but just beneath the surface.' “And that the SEAL community can never truly learn from this experience and move forward unless they first have a reckoning with the actual facts,” he added. 'There was no necessity for me to highlight it at the time, any more than I did, because ultimately it doesn't change the bottom line - truth - which is that Eddie Gallagher did not commit murder,' said Parlatore. Parlatore told ABC News on Tuesday that Gallagher's new narrative was known to military prosecutors and the presiding judge in the case, but did not come up in the narrative presented by prosecutors. It's about mutiny' Parlatore had said in his opening remarks and also noted that a forensic analysis of the knife allegedly used in the stabbing found no traces of blood.

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