Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the soldier who was captured by the Taliban after abandoning his post in Afgahnistan and freed five years later in a prisoner swap, is facing a maximum sentence of life in prison. Key among his legal tactics, his defense team says, is Donald Trump.

At Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on Tuesday, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who is charged with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, faced a military judge for the first time since the U.S. Army decided last week to proceed with a court-martial.

Bowe Bergdahl, the Army sergeant who deserted his post in the Patika province of Afghanistan in 2009 and was rescued after five years in Taliban captivity, will face a court-martial for the charges brought against him, military sources said on Monday.

Bowe Bergdahl, the Army sergeant rescued last year after five years in Taliban captivity, has been charged with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, according to his attorney.

Defense officials said late Sunday that former Taliban POW Bowe Berdahl will return to active duty as early as today. According to a report from The New York Times, Berdahl will live in the barracks and take a job at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, where he's been in therapy the past few weeks.

The U.S. Army announced today that they "have no reason to believe" that Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was involved in any misconduct during his five years in captivity. Soldiers who had served with Bergdahl in Afghanistan had accused him of supplying information to the Taliban. Bergdahl remains in outpatient care in Texas.

Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has been shifted to outpatient care in San Antonio, the U.S. Army announced today. Bergdahl returned to the U.S. June 13 to begin the "reintegration process," which he will continue, the Associated Press reports, "with exposure to more people and a gradual increase in social interaction."

Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl returned to the states early this morning to continue his "reintegration process" at the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Tx. According to The New York Times, this next phase could last "weeks or longer," and he will likely reunite with his parents at the end of it.

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the Taliban's controversial ex-captive, was speedily dismissed from the Coast Guard for psychological reasons before the Army recruited him, and was reading Atlas Shrugged shortly before he disappeared from his base in Afghanistan.

According to an Associated Press report, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has said that he was tortured, beaten, and kept in a cage by Taliban forces while held captive in Afghanistan. Bergdahl spoke of the torture — which allegedly came after he attempted to escape — to people treating him at a U.S. military medical center in Germany.

Two reports released today reveal new details about the dealings of the capture and release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl from Taliban forces. The first report, from the New York Times, states that Bergdahl walked away from designated areas on military bases twice—once in Afghanistan, and once in California—before disappearing in June 2009.

On Wednesday, the Taliban released a video purportedly showing Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's handover to U.S. authorities.

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Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the only prisoner of war held by the enemy in Afghanistan, was freed last week after a deal by the U.S. to exchange him for five Taliban fighters at Guantanamo. But is he a turncoat? And did the White House sell out America to secure him? Here's what we know.

Great news: Taliban captors appear willing to return Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl to the U.S. after nearly five years in captivity in Afghanistan. Bad news: Neither the Taliban nor the Pentagon seem sure who in the U.S. government Bergdahl's captors should be dealing with.