Trump tries to clean up mess from possibly illegal cemetery photo op
Trump tries to clean up mess from possibly illegal cemetery photo op
Donald Trump tried to clean up the mess after his widely criticized visit to Arlington National Cemetery, where two of his staffers allegedly engaged in an altercation with an official trying to enforce rules against photographing gravesites. The former president and Republican nominee posed for.....
It wasn't "possibly illegal", it was just plainly illegal.
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Why were they allowed there at all? Angry orange is not a government employee anymore. If it was for just a photo op, can just anyone go there for that?
They weren't. Staff tried to prevent them, and Trump cronies threw a fit and assaulted someone who worked there.
Charge them
It was reported to the authorities. Typically that kind of situation isn't urgent, so don't hold your breath.
Without enforcement or something on scene, they don’t really have much recourse. Even if they did, it’s debatable what his secret service detail would do if Trump just shoved his way through and they tried to physically stop him.
The recourse is a police report that goes to the DA, and making the record public. In other words, Arlington handled it just how they should.
His secret service team shouldve advised him of the illegality at least. That should be part of their protective duties