Judge orders the release of Donald Trump’s Arlington Cemetery visit documents
American Oversight, an organization that works towards the release of government records, submitted a Freedom of Information Act request. The subject of the request was Donald Trump’s visit to Arlington National Cemetery and the alleged incident that occurred. They also wanted the release of the incident report related to this event.
From CNN:
American Oversight submitted a FOIA request for any report “including but not limited to” the filed incident report with military police regarding the incident at Arlington on August 26, according to court records.
Chioma Chukwu, the interim executive director of American Oversight, said in a press release on Tuesday that with the presidential election only two weeks away, the American people “have a clear and compelling interest in knowing how the government responded to an alleged incident involving a major presidential candidate who has a history of politicizing the military.”
“These records belong to the public, and we’re pleased the court agreed on the need to expedite our request,” Chukwu said. “We look forward to receiving the incident report and making it available to the public.”
When the incident occurred, Trump was visiting Arlington with some family members of US troops who were killed during the Afghanistan withdrawal in August 2021. The visit was criticized by some veteran organizations who said it was inappropriate and a politicization of one of the most sacred burial grounds of US service members. And while the campaign shared a statement from the Gold Star family members Trump accompanied, which said they’d “given our approval for President Trump’s official videographer and photographer to attend the event,” some imagery that resulted from the visit included the graves of other service members whose families had not given that permission.
Additional Reading:
Britzky, H. (2024, October 22). Judge orders US Army to release records on Trump’s controversial Arlington Cemetery visit. CNN. Link.
Category: Army, Donald Trump
One can smell the desperation
Transcripts of a cemetery visit…
Another historic (and sick) first…..
I know, smells like unwashed taint. Ain’t me, I showered this morning.
The stench that is the cesspool of Washington, District of Criminals.
Love him or hate him, Donald Trump is not the ultimate target. We, The People are…He is just in their way.
Prepare
And we all know if it was Harris/Walz the Lame Stream Media would be like 👍 great job
“… The visit was criticized by some veteran organizations…”
Was it criticized? Did these same organizations criticize the (P)resident and the VP for not attending? Criticize the (P)resident and the VP for their shitty withdrawal plan that lead to the 13 deaths at Abbey gate? No, its the failing Harris campaign getting their proxies to try and smear DJT after the failed ‘Hitler’s generals’ quote and woman that says she was groped at a townhouse the Epstein would buy three years later…so lame.
Dan Bongino mentioned the townhouse dates of the grope on WFTL 850 AM radio yesterday. Last night, Lars Larson heard about it but didn’t know if it was true or not so he said that he would get the info. Of course, the truth won’t be told to the uneducated low info voters whom watch all the socialist ABC news media stations on tv. They remind me of the peeps sitting in the big auditoriam listening to Herr Joseph Goebbels speaches.