An Arlington National Cemetery official and Trump campaign staffers had an “incident” earlier this week, apparently over the use of a photographer in one of the areas where recent fallen soldiers are buried.
A spokesperson for the cemetery said in a statement, “Federal law prohibits political campaign or election-related activities within Army National Military Cemeteries, to include photographers, content creators or any other persons attending for purposes, or in direct support of a partisan political candidate’s campaign.
Arlington National Cemetery reinforced and widely shared this law and its prohibitions with all participants. We can confirm there was an incident, and a report was filed.” Trump visited the cemetery on Monday to participate in a wreath-laying ceremony and also to visit the gravesite of Staff Sgt.
Darin Taylor Hoover as part of a tribute to those killed in a 2021 attack in Afghanistan as the U.S. was withdrawing forces from the region.
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