Sen. Mike Lee is calling on Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to grant an exemption to continue paying Navy Lt. Ridge Alkonis during his three-year prison sentence in Japan.
Tom Cotton reacts to Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer's agreement to a vastly pared back version of Build Back Better on Wednesday's 'The Ingraham Angle.'took aim at Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin for his department's handling of the case of U.S. Navy Lt. Ridge Alkonis, who will see his pay cut off as he serves a controversial three-year prison term in Japan.
Alkonis, who is based out of Yokosuka Naval Base, was convicted of negligent driving by Japanese courts in October 2021 after he was involved in a vehicle accident that year that resulted in the deaths of two people.In his appeal, Alkonis argued that he suddenly suffered from acute mountain sickness after driving his family through Fujinomiya following a hiking trip tocausing him to lose consciousness.
The Senator added that Alkonis suffered a"rare medical condition he didn’t know he had; he couldn’t have known that he had this medical condition. It caused him to lose consciousness at that moment."
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