MSNBC: PTSD Bowe Bergdahl Suffers a ‘Mitigating Factor’ in Desertion Charges

RUSH TRANSCRIPT ROBERTS Welcome ░░░░░░░░ everybody Breaking news that ░░░░░░░░ can confirm that we ░░░░░░░░ learned that sergeant Bowe ░░░░░░░░ when the army command ░░░░░░░░ an update at 330 ░░░░░░░░ M It has been ░░░░░░░░ a year since the ░░░░░░░░ returned to the U ░░░░░░░░ as part of a ░░░░░░░░ exchange and since the ░░░░░░░░ began a formal investigation ░░░░░░░░ his disappearance from his ░░░░░░░░ after leaving his base ░░░░░░░░ eastern Afghanistan in 2009 ░░░░░░░░ we have Mikey Kay ░░░░░░░░ us to talk about ░░░░░░░░ we are learning today ░░░░░░░░ breaking news for the ░░░░░░░░ developments and also now ░░░░░░░░ Bowe Bergdahl And I ░░░░░░░░ reading what we learned ░░░░░░░░ NBC News and officials ░░░░░░░░ out that Bergdahl was ░░░░░░░░ likely face charges of ░░░░░░░░ but it depends on ░░░░░░░░ degree of charge There ░░░░░░░░ be a lesser charge ░░░░░░░░ would have him avoid ░░░░░░░░ of reporting to jail ░░░░░░░░ it could be considered ░░░░░░░░ served because of being ░░░░░░░░ prisoner in Afghanistan KAY ░░░░░░░░ since the Bowe Bergdahl ░░░░░░░░ came to light I ░░░░░░░░ been covering it for ░░░░░░░░ few years now and ░░░░░░░░ mitigating circumstances of what ░░░░░░░░ Bergdahl had gone through ░░░░░░░░ extreme in my view ░░░░░░░░ was held in Haqqani ░░░░░░░░ and held for a ░░░░░░░░ couple of years And ░░░░░░░░ given the fact that ░░░░░░░░ s gone through this ░░░░░░░░ of extreme psychological experience ░░░░░░░░ first thing is when ░░░░░░░░ look at post traumatic ░░░░░░░░ disorder or pts it ░░░░░░░░ hard to identify when ░░░░░░░░ person tips And when ░░░░░░░░ look at troops in ░░░░░░░░ and the U S ░░░░░░░░ in combat have been ░░░░░░░░ whether to Iraq for ░░░░░░░░ months and then deploy ░░░░░░░░ Afghanistan for 12 months ░░░░░░░░ s hard to understand ░░░░░░░░ makes them tip And ░░░░░░░░ you look at that ░░░░░░░░ we don t know ░░░░░░░░ Bowe Bergdahl deserts and ░░░░░░░░ in the hack anie ░░░░░░░░ and we don t ░░░░░░░░ how he was treated ░░░░░░░░ are mitigating circumstances that ░░░░░░░░ be taken into consideration ░░░░░░░░ personally think he has ░░░░░░░░ his sentence but I ░░░░░░░░ like to understand the ░░░░░░░░ behind his desertion and ░░░░░░░░ happened to him while ░░░░░░░░ was held.”