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Retired four -star Admiral that once served as the second highest navy officer, was convicted of receiving bribes and other conspiracy charges, making him the highest member of the US army ever convicted of committing a federal crime while on active duty.
After a five -day trial, a retired four -star administrator Robert P. Burke, 62, was found guilty of a scheme for focusing lucrative contracts on a training company in exchange for a $ 500,000 a year after leaving the Navy, according to a statement from the Ministry of Justice.
Burke faces up to 30 years in prison because of its role in the scheme that it directs contracts that potentially apply millions of dollars with a company based in New York, which offered training programs to the Navy.
“When you abuse your position and issue public confidence to reconcile your pockets, it undermines the trust in the Government you represent,” ” American lawyer Jeanine Ferris Pirro He wrote in a post on X after conviction.
“Our office, with our partners for law enforcement, will eradicate corruption – whether it is a myth or illegal contracts – and to respond to the perpetrators, no matter what the title or rank they owned,” Pirro continued.
Burke, who was the Vice President of the Navy Operations, used to be NavyThe second highest officer.
According to court documents, and as evidence proved to be trial, from 2020 to 2022, Burke was a four -star Admiral who was overseen by US naval operations in Europe, Russia and most of Africa, and ordered thousands of civilian and military staff.
Yongchul “Charlie” Kim and Meghan Messenger, the teammates of the company that the impression did not appoint, allegedly participated in the scheme to receive a government contract in exchange for Burke’s offer with the company.
The company has provided a training program for a small part navy From 2018 and 2019, before their contract was terminated.
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The Turkish Minister of the National Defense, Hulusi Akar (R), receives the commander of the Command of the common forces of Naples, Admiral Robert P. Burke (L) in Istanbul, Turkey on April 20, 2021. (Arif Akdogan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
The company said that the Navy said that they did not turn to Burke, but three met in Washington, DC, in July 2021, and Burke allegedly agreed to use its influence to get the company on the only source and persuade other naval officers to use a broad training company for which Kim estimated to be worth the “three -time digital million.”
In December 2021, Burke allegedly ordered his staff to award a company in the amount of $ 355,000 for the training of maritime staff under his command in Italy and Spain and made an unsuccessful attempt to persuade a higher naval commander to provide them with another contract.
“There was no connection between this contract and his employment. Mathematics simply makes no sense that they will give them this relatively small contract for that type of job offer,” Burke’s defender, Timothy Parlatore, told Fox News Digital.
Burke allegedly implied that he did not play a role in the agreement and that his discussions with Kim and Messenger did not begin only after the contract began.
The US Navy Vice President Robert Burke testifies during the hearing of the House Armed Service at the Rayburn House office building at Capitol Hill on March 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Both Kim and Messenger were arrested in May 2024 and were charged with conspiracy of committing bribery and bribe and could face 20 years in prison.
Parliators told Fox News Digital that they were “obviously disappointed with the verdict,” but said “This is the result of the fact that the jury has not heard the whole story.”
“The investigation was very weak. The case of fat Leonard“Paralore said.
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“They did not do any research and thus you have an incompetent and non -ethnic, corrupt investigator who relies on the word of the famous liar, building this horrible case. And finally, the only way they could bring him to belief was just to make certain evidence of jury,” Paralore continued.
Fox News Digital addressed the impression to comment, but did not immediately get an answer.
Fox News Digital’s Brie Stimson contributed to this report.
Stepheny Price is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. It covers topics, including missing persons, murders, national cases of crime, illegal immigration and more. Tips and ideas of the story can be sent to Stepheny.price@fox.com
