Military sexual assault reform pledge backed by majority of presidential candidates

Published: Feb. 4, 2020, 5 a.m.

One of the pre-eminent military sexual assault awareness groups is asking presidential candidates to pledge their support for independent military prosecutors, rather than commanders, to make decisions on four serious crimes. So far, nearly all of the candidates have taken the pledge but four haven't: Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Mike Bloomberg and Joe Walsh. For more, Federal News Network\u2019s Scott Maucione spoke with Don Christensen, president of Protect Our Defenders, on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices