Disgraced Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has pleaded guilty to the charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy via his attorney on Monday morning.
Bergdahl, a member of the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, is best known for walking away from his combat outpost in Afghanistan in June 2009. During his attempted desertion he was captured by the Haqqani Network, which is a faction within the Taliban.
This group is also responsible for the capture and detainment of American Caitlin Coleman, 31, and her family, who were released last Wednesday after five years in captivity.
Bergdahl was released in 2014 during President Obama's controversial exchange of five Taliban prisoners who had been detained at Guantanamo Bay.
Bergdahl's lawyers had previously argued that the case should be dismissed after then-candidate Donald Trump said Bergdahl "should be shot" for deserting his post, adding that "In the good old days, he would have been executed."
Bergdahl and his lawyers have maintained that since the comments were made, the possibility of getting a fair trial would be impossible.
"We may as well go back to kangaroo courts and lynch mobs that got what they wanted," Bergdahl said to in an interview obtained by ABC News. "The people who want to hang me, you're never going to convince those people."
Bergdahl has been viewed as both a traitor and a hero by those on obviously opposite sides of the ideological aisle, but his actions may have lead to the deaths of six other American soldiers.
However, there's no disputing Bergdahl will be remembered in the history books as a cautionary tale of how actions merit consequence.
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