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Adriana Gomez, Tara Copp

Trump staff shoved an Arlington National Cemetery worker but she declined to press charges

A photo of Arlington National Cemetery. (Credit: Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON (AP) — An Arlington National Cemetery official was “abruptly pushed aside” in an altercation with former President Donald Trump’s staff during a wreath-laying ceremony to honor service members killed in the Afghanistan War withdrawal, but she declined to press charges, an Army spokesman said Thursday.

The Army spokesman said the cemetery employee was trying to make sure those participating in Monday's wreath-laying ceremony to mark the third anniversary of the attack were following the rules, which “clearly prohibit political activities on cemetery grounds.”

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