Episode 4 of 4
Verdict: Cleared of All but Two Minor Charges
- When
- January 26, 1780
- Where
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
On January 26, 1780, Arnold was cleared of all but two minor charges despite ill-disposed judges.
Several members of the panel of judges were ill-disposed toward Arnold over actions and disputes earlier in the war. In spite of this, Arnold was cleared of all but two minor charges on January 26, 1780, concluding the proceedings that had begun the previous June.
Sources
- Benedict Arnold Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-02
- Military career of Benedict Arnold, 1777–1779 Wikipedia, revision of 2026-05-08
Machine-drafted from the cited Wikipedia passages and checked by a reviewing model, not by a human editor. Every passage cites the revision it was written from; dates and places follow those passages.