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Air Force general fined over $50,000 after being found guilty of abusive sexual contact
CNN
A two-star Air Force general will pay more than $50,000 in fines after being found guilty of abusive sexual contact in a military court over the weekend in connection with a 2018 incident, according to a release from the US Air Force.
A military judge on Tuesday sentenced Maj. Gen. William T. Cooley to give up $10,910 of his pay and allowances each month for five months, totaling more than $50,000 in fines. Based on his conviction, Cooley had faced a maximum punishment of dismissal from the Air Force, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and confinement for seven years, an Air Force release said.
Cooley's court-martial marked the first-ever court-martial trial and conviction of a general officer in the 75-year history of the military branch, the Air Force said in a statement.
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