Senate Democrats say they are close to a deal on a budget resolution that will pave the way for them to pass a sweeping, multitrillion-dollar bill later this year.

“The Senate Budget Committee is close to finalizing a budget resolution which will allow the Senate to move forward with the remaining parts of the American jobs and families plan,” Senate Majority Leader Charles SchumerChuck SchumerFormer NFL player challenging Boozman in Arkansas GOP primary Schumer calls for NRA to be investigated for bankruptcy fraud Pride Month concludes without Equality Act vote in Senate MORE (D-N.Y.) said, referring to President BidenJoe BidenPoll: Biden approval on coronavirus slips 2 percentage points Overnight Defense: Top US commander in Afghanistan departs | US sends delegation to Haiti after request for troops | Senate Dems propose .3B for Pentagon in Capitol security bill Protests escalate US-Cuba tensions MORE‘s two infrastructure proposals.

Schumer met with Sen. Bernie SandersBernie SandersDemocrats closing in on deal to unlock massive infrastructure bill White House dodges question on size of Democratic infrastructure bill Progressives should know a financial transaction tax would hurt average Americans MORE (I-Vt.), the chairman of the panel, and committee Democrats on Monday night for roughly two hours. 

 

While they didn’t come out with an agreement on the top line for the Democratic-only infrastructure package, several members said they made “a lot of progress” and are planning to meet again on Tuesday. 

 

Sen. Jeff MerkleyJeff MerkleyDemocrats closing in on deal to unlock massive infrastructure bill Schumer warns August recess in danger as infrastructure work piles up Supreme Court decision amps up voting rights battle in Congress MORE (D-Ore.) told reporters that Democrats are hoping to reach an agreement on the budget resolution that will include the instructions and price tag for passing a bill under reconciliation — the budget process that lets them bypass the 60-vote legislative filibuster — by Thursday, when the Senate typically leaves town for the week. 

 

“That is the goal. Yes,” Merkley said about Thursday’s timeline. “We’re just at the situation that there’s so much that has to happen.” 

 

Sen. Chris Van HollenChristopher (Chris) Van HollenDemocrats closing in on deal to unlock massive infrastructure bill Senators call on Biden to sanction Beijing over closure of Hong Kong’s Apple Daily Democrats hear calls to nix recess MORE (D-Md.) said he thought there was a “decent chance” Democrats could have an agreement on the budget resolution after Tuesday night’s meeting. 

 

“That wouldn’t have happened without tonight,” he said, referring to the hours-long meeting. 

 

Other members were hesitant to put a firm timeline on the talks, noting that the discussions were ongoing. 

 

“We are hoping to do it as soon as possible, so I’m not sure the exact timeline,” said Sen. Debbie StabenowDeborah (Debbie) Ann StabenowDemocrats closing in on deal to unlock massive infrastructure bill Senate plants a seed for bipartisan climate solutions OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Biden announces bipartisan infrastructure deal | DOJ backs Trump-era approval of Line 3 permit | Biden hits China on solar panels MORE (D-Mich.), a member of leadership and the Budget Committee.

Sen. Mark WarnerMark Robert WarnerOn The Money: Democrats closing in on massive infrastructure deal, but battle brews over tax hikes | What to know about the new child tax credit payments Democrats closing in on deal to unlock massive infrastructure bill Lobbyists, moderate Democrats rely on debunked arguments against tax hikes MORE (D-Va.), a member of the Budget panel, declined to comment on reports that Democrats are looking at a price tag of between $3 trillion and $4 trillion for their reconciliation package but indicated they could soon be ready to share details.

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“Hopefully there will be news soon,” he said, noting that reporters should prepare for a week of meetings as Democrats try to make progress on their biggest legislative priority. 

He declined to comment after the Budget Committee meeting except to say that members were making “great progress.”

Warner has emerged as a key figure in the talks with Sen. Dick DurbinDick DurbinDemocrats closing in on deal to unlock massive infrastructure bill Republican immigration proposal falls flat Schumer: Democrats ‘ready to expeditiously fill’ any Supreme Court vacancy MORE (D-Ill.), Schumer’s No. 2, indicating that Schumer is working with Warner and Sanders to secure a deal on the budget resolution that will set the price tag and include instructions for the Democratic-only bill. 

Sanders, speaking to reporters at the White House after meeting with Biden, declined to weigh in on a specific top-line number but vowed that he’s working to create the “strongest possible legislation.”

“We are in the midst of very serious discussions,” he said, adding that he believes the “strong majority” of the Senate Democratic caucus wants to go “as big as we possibly can.”

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He indicated after the closed-door meeting that talks about the price tag were ongoing.

Democratic senators are vowing to vote during this work period, tentatively scheduled to last through the first week of August, on both the budget resolution that greenlights reconciliation and the smaller bipartisan deal that would spend $1.2 trillion over eight years on infrastructure.

Members of the bipartisan group, which now totals 22 members, are working to turn their proposal into legislative text. Democrats could bring that measure to the floor as soon as next week, though there’s skepticism that the group will finish by then. 

Schumer on Monday indicated that he believed the bipartisan group is making progress.

“On the bipartisan track, our committees are getting closer to turning the recent agreement between the White House and [the] bipartisan infrastructure group into legislation. I’m pleased to report we are making very good progress toward that goal,” Schumer said.

But the bipartisan deal is also facing skepticism from some of the 11 GOP senators who signed on to the framework amid concerns about whether the group will be able to find a way to pay for the agreement. 

“We don’t know what’s in it yet,” Sen. Mike RoundsMike RoundsGraham: Bipartisan infrastructure pay-fors are insufficient Democrats closing in on deal to unlock massive infrastructure bill IRS controversies of the present, past haunt lawmaker talks MORE (R-S.D.) said. “We’re going to wait and look at the final thing. There are still a lot of negotiations going on.

Asked how locked down the pay-fors are, Rounds said, “I don’t think they’re totally locked down. I think that’s still a matter for discussion.”

Updated at 9:51 p.m.

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The Biden administration reportedly has no current plans to offer military assistance to Haiti following the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse earlier this week.

A senior Biden administration official told Reuters and The New York Times late Friday that there were no plans to provide U.S. military assistance to Haiti at this time.

The Hill has reached out to the White House for comment.

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Haiti requested security forces to guard critical infrastructure amid rising turmoil in the country following Moïse’s assassination.

Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph instituted a “state of siege” in the nation after Moïse was killed at his home in Port-au-Prince early Wednesday morning.

A congressional source told The Hill on Friday that the request for forces was “generically mentioned.”

“It’s kind of been framed in this bucket of U.S. security assistance where in reality the Haitian government made a request for U.S. troops,” the source said.

But another source said there was confusion over the request and noted that the French word for “troops” can also refer to police.

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White House press secretary Jen PsakiJen PsakiBiden’s midterm strategies start to come into focus Indonesia running out of oxygen as coronavirus infections surge Voting rights advocates eager for Biden to use bully pulpit MORE said Friday that senior FBI and Department of Homeland Security officials would be dispatched to the country. She also said the U.S. would be providing financial resources.

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Haiti has also requested forces from the United Nations Security Council, according to Reuters.

At least 19 people have been arrested following the assassination, including two Haitian Americans, James Solages and Joseph Vincent, and 17 Colombians.

The Colombian defense ministry confirmed Friday that 13 of its former soldiers are among the suspects, according to the Times.

Almost 30 percent of Americans said in a poll released Monday that the COVID-19 pandemic is over in the U.S., as cases, hospitalizations and deaths have dropped amid vaccinations. 

A Gallup poll determined that 29 percent of U.S. adults have concluded the coronavirus pandemic that disrupted the country and world over the past year has ended. 

Still, more than double of those who think the pandemic is over, 71 percent, said they do not consider the pandemic to have ended.

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Republicans are more likely to consider the pandemic over with 57 percent saying the crisis has ended, compared to 35 percent of independents and just 4 percent of Democrats saying the same.

A total of 43 percent of Republicans, 66 percent of independents and 96 percent of Democrats said the U.S. is not yet done with the coronavirus pandemic.  

Men are also more likely than women to say the U.S. has gotten through the pandemic, with 36 percent of men and 22 percent of women considering it over in the country. 

More Americans are expressing optimism, as the poll documented a record-high percentage of people, at 89 percent, who said the coronavirus pandemic is improving in the country.

States have been loosening coronavirus restrictions as more residents got vaccinated, prompting a majority of Americans to say this month that their lives are affected “not much” or “not at all” by the pandemic. 

Fifteen percent of adults said in the June poll that their lives are completely back to normal, a jump from 9 percent in May. 

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Last month, a majority of respondents at 56 percent said for the first time that healthy people should live their normal lives as much as possible instead of staying at home. In June, that percentage rose to 65 percent.

The Gallup poll surveyed a random sample of 4,843 American adults between June 14-20. The margin of error amounted to 2 percentage points.

COVID-19 has infected more than 33 million people and killed more than 600,000 people in the U.S. throughout the pandemic, according to Johns Hopkins University.  

But the vaccination effort has contributed to dramatic drops in overall cases, hospitalizations and deaths across the country. 

As of Sunday, 63.1 percent of Americans aged 12 and older have received at least one shot, and 53.9 percent are considered fully vaccinated.

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President BidenJoe BidenTrump calls Barr ‘a disappointment in every sense of the word’ Last foreign scientist to work at Wuhan lab: ‘What people are saying is just not how it is’ Toyota defends donations to lawmakers who objected to certifying election MORE’s administration admitted last week that it is on track to miss the president’s goal to vaccinate 70 percent of adults with at least one dose by the Fourth of July. Out of adults, 66 percent have received at least one shot as of Sunday.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is reportedly planning to share reports of alleged misconduct by police officers from the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol with defense attorneys who are representing accused rioters.

The U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, D.C., will reportedly provide the reports to lawyers in response to requests for the information, Politico reported on Monday, after the lawyers asked for information regarding claims that some officers may have been “complicit in the January 6 Capitol Breach,” according to the filing written by Assistant U.S. Attorney Brandon Regan.

“We have received copies of investigations into officer conduct, have finished reviewing them, and plan to disclose the relevant materials shortly,” Regan wrote, according to Politico.

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The document reportedly included the heading “certain specific defense requests.”

The possibility that police officers may have been complicit the day of the attack has been a chief concern among Democrats, who have brought attention to video footage showing officers cooperating with the rioters.

In one video, officers can reportedly be seen moving barricades so the sea of rioters could break through. At least one officer was also reportedly captured taking a selfie with a rioter.

Two days after the incident, Rep. Tim RyanTimothy (Tim) RyanDOJ sharing review of alleged police misconduct on Jan. 6 with defense attorneys: report Senate GOP proposes emergency Capitol Police funding amid spending fight JD Vance: Trump views people who ‘kiss his a– all the time’ as ‘weak’ MORE (D-Ohio), chairman of the House Appropriations subcommittee that handles funding for the Capitol Police, said he asked the police chief to supply all emails and texts from the Capitol Police during the riots, including communications with the D.C. mayor’s office, National Guard, Department of Homeland Security and Army, so he could investigate if officers helped any participants.

A report from the Capitol Police’s internal watchdog released in April found that officers were instructed by leaders not to use their most aggressive strategies when responding to the mob of pro-Trump supporters.

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Rep. Zoe LofgrenZoe Ellen LofgrenDOJ sharing review of alleged police misconduct on Jan. 6 with defense attorneys: report Pelosi husband won big on Alphabet stock Clyburn: Trump could be called to testify before Jan. 6 panel MORE (D-Calif.), the head of the House Administration Committee, said in April that officers were instructed via ratio transmission that authorities were “not looking for any pro-Trump in the crowd. We’re only looking for any anti pro-Trump who want to start a fight.”

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There have been no formal claims of police misconduct or complicity made publicly.

Lawmakers and the Capitol Police inspector general are, however, probing the radio transmissions and other backed-up claims of alleged misconduct, according to Politico.

The filing from Regan also reportedly said that the trove of evidence for defense attorneys representing alleged rioters is large and growing. There are said to be more than 500 riot cases.

The body of evidence includes responses to more than 6,000 grand jury subpoenas, thousands of hours of Capitol camera footage, video from policy body cameras, thousands of phones and hard drives from the alleged rioters, and millions of social media posts, according to the news outlet.

The DOJ has paid Deloitte Financial Advisory Services $6.1 million to create a database to house all the evidence from the riot.

About 650 U.S. troops are expected to stay in Afghanistan to provide security at the U.S. Embassy after American forces leave the country later this summer, The Associated Press reported.

U.S. officials told the AP that the U.S. withdrawal is on track to be completed in the next two weeks. Such a timeline, by or shortly before July 4, would be far ahead of President BidenJoe BidenSenate Republicans urge CDC to lift public transportation mask mandate AOC said she doubts Biden’s win would have been certified if GOP controlled the House Overnight Defense: Intel releases highly anticipated UFO report | Biden meets with Afghan president | Conservatives lash out at Milley MORE’s Sept. 11 deadline to pull nearly all service members from the country.

Another several hundred American troops will remain at the Kabul airport, likely until September, to help Turkish forces with security. The officials said the assistance is temporary until formal plans are in place for Turkey to secure Hamid Karzai International Airport, the main gateway into Afghanistan.

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U.S. embassies are typically guarded by a Marine Corps security force, but Pentagon press secretary John Kirby on Thursday told reporters that security at the embassy in Kabul “would be beyond just what you would see in normal embassies.”

“You should expect that it’ll be larger … in keeping with the security situation in Afghanistan,” Kirby said.

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The U.S. military is nearing the end of pulling the roughly 3,500 remaining troops from Afghanistan following Biden’s order in April to end the 20-year conflict.

There are fears, however, that the Taliban, with its accelerating battlefield gains, could overtake the Afghan government quickly after American forces leave.

Reports have emerged that U.S. intelligence agencies assess the Afghan government could fall as soon as six months after the U.S. withdraws.

Further complicating a withdrawal is the push to get Afghan interpreters and others who assisted American military efforts out of the country.

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The Biden administration on Thursday said it is preparing to move those Afghans to other countries while it processes applications to relocate them to the U.S., but the details are scarce and the timeline is unclear.

Top Pentagon officials, meanwhile, have sought to downplay the Taliban’s recent battlefield successes.

On Thursday, U.S. officials told the AP that the roughly 650 troops staying in Afghanistan are on track to be a more permanent force presence in the country. The forces will provide security for the U.S. Embassy and at the airport.

In addition, the United States has agreed to leave a counter rocket, artillery and mortar system at the airport as part of an agreement with Turkey, as well as aircrew for helicopter support.

Turkey has mostly agreed to provide security at the airport if it has backing from the U.S. military, the officials said. U.S. and Turkish officials met in Ankara this week to finalize an agreement.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and the chair of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation, Abdullah Abdullah, on Friday are also set to meet with Biden at the White House as well as with Defense Secretary Lloyd AustinLloyd AustinOvernight Defense: Intel releases highly anticipated UFO report | Biden meets with Afghan president | Conservatives lash out at Milley Roughly 650 troops to stay in Afghanistan after withdrawal: report Tucker Carlson calls Joint Chiefs chairman a ‘pig,’ ‘stupid’ MORE at the Pentagon.

Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Jack ReedJack ReedSenate Armed Services chair: ‘I think Kabul will hold’ Sunday shows – Fauci in the spotlight Senate Democrat: Biden made ‘the best of many poor choices’ in Afghanistan MORE (D-R.I.) on Sunday said he believes Kabul will hold against the Taliban’s advances as the U.S. nears a full withdrawal from Afghanistan.

The Taliban has swiftly taken over much of Afghanistan’s territory since U.S. and NATO forces began withdrawing, with the military organization recently claiming to have taken 85 percent of the country.

“I think Kabul will hold,” Reed told host Chuck ToddCharles (Chuck) David ToddSenate Armed Services chair: ‘I think Kabul will hold’ Kinzinger: Afghanistan exit ‘a crushing defeat’ Senate Democrat: Biden made ‘the best of many poor choices’ in Afghanistan MORE on NBC News’ “Meet the Press.” “The question is, can it hold long enough to create a political solution between the sides? What is — what you’ve seen is the encroachment of the Taliban, most of that has been without military action, most of that has been essentially going in and persuading or paying off the local leadership and, and they’ve been preparing for that for many, many months.”

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Todd asked Reed if he thought the peace agreement that the Trump administration signed with the Taliban last year in Qatar was a mistake.

“I think it was, because I think it set a fixed date, rather than imposing conditions that would have then let us depart Afghanistan,” Reed said. “And it also — most of the conditions on, the Taliban were unenforceable. They claimed that they would disassociate themselves from al Qaeda, clearly that’s not the case.”

The Taliban leadership has said it is still open and committed to a peace agreement with Afghanistan’s government though it has yet to provide a written proposal. Last week, peace talks between Afghanistan and the Taliban were hosted in Iran, with Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif calling the talks “cordial & substantive.”

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While the Pentagon has acknowledged a “deteriorating security situation” in Afghanistan, both Defense officials and President BidenJoe BidenEric Adams to meet with Biden on curbing gun violence: reports Democrats hit crunch time in Biden spending fight US troops in Syria come under ‘indirect fire attack’ MORE last week rejected the idea that a Taliban takeover of the country is inevitable.

Biden said Thursday the Afghan army is as “well equipped as any army in the world” to fend off the Taliban. 

“The likelihood there’s going to be the Taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely,” Biden said. 

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The first lawsuit has been filed over the collapse of a residential building in the Miami-area that left at least four people dead.

The lawsuit filed by the Brad Sohn Law Firm on Thursday seeks $5 million in damages from the Champlain Towers South Condominium Association, according to a copy shared with The Hill.

The complaint was first reported by Local10.

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The suit claims that the collapse occurred “due to the inadequate protection of both the safety of residents and visitors to the building.”

The building collapsed in the early hours of Thursday morning, leading to the destruction of 55 out of more than 130 units.

Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava (D) said Friday that at least four people have died, 159 are unaccounted for and 120 are accounted for, though she noted that the numbers were “fluid.”

The complaint was filed on behalf of Manuel Drezner, who it said owns and lives in a unit in the building.

It alleges that the association “disregarded the rights” of the residents by not taking reasonable safety measures to ensure the building was safe, and failing to disclose when it was not.

The suit cites public statements made by the association’s attorney, Ken Direktor, who acknowledged that certain repairs needed to be made on the building.

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“According to public statements made by Defendant’s attorney Ken Director, ‘repair needs had been identified’ with regard to certain structural issues but had not been implemented,” the complaint states. “One of the most breathtakingly frightening tragedies in the history of South Florida followed.”

In a statement to The Hill, Sohn said “as a lawyer, I can’t fix what is irreparable. But what I can do is fight to immediately fully compensate these victims so that they can focus all of their energy on healing as best they can.”

The Hill has reached out to the association and Direktor for comment.

A federal judge grilled attorneys involved in a lawsuit that sought to overturn Michigan’s election results during a hearing Monday over whether the lawyers should be sanctioned for their conduct in the case.

U.S. District Court Judge Linda Parker posed pointed questions for the attorneys who made baseless claims in court that widespread election fraud caused former President TrumpDonald TrumpOvernight Defense: Top US commander in Afghanistan departs | US sends delegation to Haiti after request for troops | Senate Dems propose .3B for Pentagon in Capitol security bill Fauci and Birx warned Scott Atlas was ‘dangerous’ Report: RNC chief counsel called 2020 Trump legal efforts ‘a joke’ MORE to lose the state to President BidenJoe BidenPoll: Biden approval on coronavirus slips 2 percentage points Overnight Defense: Top US commander in Afghanistan departs | US sends delegation to Haiti after request for troops | Senate Dems propose .3B for Pentagon in Capitol security bill Protests escalate US-Cuba tensions MORE.

Parker appeared concerned that the affidavits submitted by the plaintiffs’ attorneys to support their election fraud claims may have violated the rules of professional conduct governing lawyers in federal court. 

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“I need to point out here that my concern is that the counsel here have submitted affidavits that suggest and make the public believe that there was something wrong with the election and that is what this is all about,” said the judge, who was appointed by former President Obama. “That’s what these affidavits were designed to show, that there was something wrong in Michigan, there was something wrong in Wayne County.”

The lengthy and crowded virtual hearing was contentious, with attorneys clashing with each other and the judge, as several filings were scrutinized one by one for their propriety.

The city of Detroit and Michigan’s secretary of state asked the court to impose sanctions after the lawsuit failed to alter the results of the election. The local and state officials are calling for the plaintiffs to reimburse the legal costs, and Detroit is even seeking an order prohibiting the plaintiffs’ lawyers from practicing law in the Eastern District of Michigan. 

Plaintiffs filed the lawsuit just weeks after Election Day, alleging public officials and voting machine companies “illegally and fraudulently” manipulated votes in the state “to elect Joe Biden as President of the United States.”

Some of the attorneys facing potential sanctions sought to distance themselves from the case. Lin Wood, an attorney who has helped orchestrate several lawsuits seeking to overturn the election in Trump’s favor, denied any involvement in the Michigan case, suggesting that his name was included on a filing without his knowledge.

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Sidney Powell, an outspoken Trump ally who helped lead the nationwide legal effort, was defiant in the face of sanctions despite her claims being thrown out of court across the board.

“I have practiced law for 43 years and have never witnessed a proceeding like this,” Powell said. “I take full responsibility for the pleadings in this case.”

“We had a legal obligation to the country and to the electors to raise these issues,” she added. “It is the duty of lawyers in the highest tradition of the practice of law to raise unpopular issues.”

But Parker at times during the hearing appeared displeased with the evidence that was presented to her, suggesting that it was presented in bad faith and unworthy of being submitted in a court proceeding. At one point, the judge took issue with an affidavit from someone who said he saw two people hand plastic bags to Postal Service workers in Detroit and “considered” that they could have been improperly submitting ballots.

“I don’t think I’ve really ever seen an affidavit that has made so many leaps,” Parker said. “This is really fantastical. So my question to counsel here is how could any of you as officers of the court present this type of an affidavit?”

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Just 25 cities comprise more than half of greenhouse gas emissions from a sample of 167 urban centers, according to research published Monday in the journal Frontiers in Sustainable Cities.

Researchers analyzed a sample of 167 cities and metropolitan areas in 53 countries, including more cities from countries that are major emitters, such as China, the U.S. and India. They then compared the cities’ respective levels of progress in carbon reduction based on 2012 and 2016 emissions inventories, in combination with their short and long-term reduction targets.

The researchers found that 25 cities accounted for 52 percent of the sample’s emissions. All but three of the 25 — Moscow, Istanbul and Tokyo — were located in China, including major cities such as Shanghai and Beijing.

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However, researchers wrote, the analysis also found per capita emissions are higher in cities located in wealthier countries compared to developing nations. This aligns with total contributions to worldwide emissions, which are higher overall from China but higher per capita from the U.S.

When researchers broke down the missions by source, they found that stationary energy uses like fuel and electricity for residential, commercial and industrial buildings were responsible for up to 80 percent of North American and European emissions. In about one-third of the cities analyzed, more than 30 percent of emissions were from road travel, while rail, water and air transportation comprised less than 15 percent of emissions.

In cities in developing countries, meanwhile, urbanization has led to increased vehicle traffic and growing transportation sectors, leading to a larger share of emissions from those sources.

Comparatively, researchers found that waste disposal accounted for a smaller share of emissions, but added, “It should be noted that technology advance in waste treatment and emission capture and reuse need further development toward carbon-neutral waste disposal and recycling systems.”

The research comes as U.S. officials have emphasized that to achieve global emissions goals, they must have cooperation from their Indian and Chinese counterparts.

U.S. climate envoy John KerryJohn KerryStudy: Just 25 cities account for majority of global urban greenhouse gas emissions Overnight Energy: Newsom asks Californians to cut personal water consumption to fight off drought | John Kerry to visit Moscow officials to discuss ‘global climate ambition’ | EPA bans sale of COVID-19 disinfectant authorized under Trump John Kerry to visit Moscow officials to discuss ‘global climate ambition’ MORE has said that Beijing is “not doing enough” to address climate change. However, he has also emphasized that the White House views overall tensions with China as separate from efforts at international cooperation on climate change.

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A military court has sentenced Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Mario A. Madera-Rodriguez to six months in confinement, hard labor and a reduction in rank for his connection to the 2017 death of an Army Green Beret.

An all-male, eight-person jury handed down the sentence to Madera-Rodriguez for his role in the hazing death of Green Beret Logan Melgar, who was killed in Mali in 2017, CBS News reports.

According to another service member who was involved in Melgar’s death, a group of service members, which included two Navy SEALs, broke down Melgar’s bedroom door and bound his wrists and ankles with duct tape.

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Melgar was strangled to death when one of the service members placed him in a chokehold. The members said they intended to embarrass Melgar for what they deemed to be personal slights.

Madera-Rodriguez was spared from a maximum sentence, which would have included 27.5 years in confinement and a dishonorable discharge. The “hard labor” that the marine was sentenced to will be determined by his command and could consist of picking up trash, mowing grass or digging ditches.

Earlier this month, a military court found Madera-Rodriguez guilty of involuntary manslaughter, hazing, false statements, conspiracy to commit assault and battery and conspiracy to obstruct justice, CBS notes.

CBS reports the three other service members who were involved in Melgar’s death have all pleaded guilty. Madera-Rodriguez was the only one to take his case to trial.

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