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Army Releases Redacted Police Report on Altercation During Trump's Arlington Cemetery Visit
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The four sentences visible in the executive summary of the report released under court order Friday block out a key word that appears to describe the Trump campaign staffer shoving the cemetery employee out of the way.
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The Army alleged that a cemetery employee was “abruptly pushed aside” after attempting to enforce a rule prohibiting political activities at the cemetery.
The heavily redacted report focuses on an August altercation at Arlington National Cemetery involving two campaign staffers for former President Donald Trump and a cemetery employee.
The four sentences visible in the executive summary of the report released under court order Friday block out a key word that appears to describe the Trump campaign staffer shoving the cemetery employee out of the way.
A military law enforcement investigation is still ongoing into the incident at Arlington National Cemetery when an employee was reportedly pushed by a member of Donald Trump’s campaign.
The official, who has only been identified as a woman who is a long-time Army civilian employee, declined to press charges, citing concerns about her safety if her identity was discovered.
The U.S. Army on Friday released a heavily redacted copy of a police report stemming from an August incident in which a staffer from former President Donald Trump’s campaign allegedly pushed an Arlington National Cemetery worker.