Cemetery official declined to press charges fearing retaliation from Trump fans: Haberman

An official at Arlington National Cemetery who filed an incident report over a reported dust-up with staffers of the Trump campaign declined to press charges because she feared MAGA supporters may come after her.

New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman joined CNN's "The Source" on Wednesday night to talk about her newspaper's reporting that the family of a Green Beret soldier buried in the cemetery was "clearly displeased" that his gravesite appeared in a TikTok video posted to Trump's account.

Lawmakers and legal experts have said Trump may have violated federal law banning campaign photos and videos in certain sections of the cemetery, including Section 60 — reserved for members who served in Iraq and Afghanistan — where the Green Beret soldier is buried.

During their conversation, Haberman noted an "important" aspect of their reporting that the official who filed an incident report at the cemetery declined to press charges.

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"Military officials said that she was afraid that she was going to be retaliated against by Trump supporters," said Haberman. "It's worth noting that the Trump campaign targeted her, suggesting she was having a mental health episode."

Steven Cheung, a Trump campaign spokesman, has flatly denied a physical altercation took place, telling NPR: "We are prepared to release footage if such defamatory claims are made."

"The fact is that a private photographer was permitted on the premises and for whatever reason an unnamed individual, clearly suffering from a mental health episode, decided to physically block members of President Trump's team during a very solemn ceremony," Cheung said in the statement.

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