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		</div><p>A US Army sergeant who was released by the Taliban in exchange for five former leaders of the militant group held at Guantanamo Bay will face a charge of desertion in a general court martial, his lawyer said.</p>
<p>Bowe Bergdahl’s lawyer Eugene Fidell said the convening authority, a high-ranking officer charged with deciding whether evidence warrants a court martial, did not follow the advice of a preliminary hearing officer, who had recommended Bergdahl’s case be moved to a special misdemeanour-level military court.</p>
<p>Bergdahl will also face a charge of misbehaviour before the enemy.</p>
<p>Mr Fidell said he had “hoped the case would not go in this direction”.</p>
<p>Bergdahl walked off his post in Afghanistan on June 30 2009, and was captured by the Taliban and held for nearly five years.</p>
<p>Mr Fidell, a military justice expert who is also a visiting lecturer at Yale Law School, complained about political figures who have made derogatory statements about Bergdahl.</p>
<p>He asked that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump “cease his prejudicial months-long campaign of defamation against our client”.</p>
<p>Mr Fidell has previously complained about Mr Trump calling Bergdahl a traitor.</p>
<p>Mr Fidell also asked the House and Senate Armed Services committees to avoid further statements “that prejudice our client’s right to a fair trial”.</p>
<p>The House committee last week issued a 98-page report criticising the Obama administration’s decision to swap the five Taliban detainees for Bergdahl.</p>
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