Arlington Official Feared Retaliation After Altercation With Trump Staffers
A new report shed more light Wednesday on the altercation between Trump campaign staffers and an official at Arlington National Cemetery.
The confrontation reportedly took place when former President Trump attended a wreath-laying ceremony dedicated to veterans killed and injured during the 2021 Kabul airport bombing, which occurred as the U.S. military was pulling out of Afghanistan.
Two Trump campaign staffers, identified by The New York Times as Press Secretary Steven Cheung and campaign co-manager Chris LaCivita, reportedly got into a verbal and physical altercation with an an official at the cemetery who directed them not to take photos in Section 60, NPR first reported.