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Democrats are pressing the Arlington National Cemetery to release a log report into the photo-op scandal where Donald Trump campaign staffers “abruptly pushed aside” an official.
A number of Democrats have come forward since the altercation and say they want a full investigation into what happened.
At Monday’s wreath laying ceremony, a cemetery official tried to prevent members from Trump’s team from taking photos and videos inside a section where recent US casualties are buried.
The campaign staffers allegedly verbally abused and pushed her to the side. Now congressman Gerry Connolly, a senior House Oversight Committee member, has urged Arlington Cemetery officials to “publicly release all that transpired”.
“It’s sad but all too expected that Donald Trump would desecrate this hallowed ground and put campaign politics ahead of honoring our heroes,” the …