‘Clear and compelling interest’: Judge orders Army to expedite records about Trump’s controversial visit to Arlington National Cemetery

Donald Trump visits Arlington Cemetery to pay tribute to the 13 servicemembers killed during the Afghanistan evacuation. (Photo by Andrew Leyden/NurPhoto via AP)

Donald Trump visits Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., to pay tribute to the 13 service members killed during the Afghanistan evacuation on August 26, 2024. (Photo by Andrew Leyden/NurPhoto via AP)

A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Army to release records by Friday documenting former President Donald Trump’s contentious August visit to Arlington National Cemetery, where an employee trying to stop Trump staffers from taking pictures and filming was “abruptly pushed aside.”

On Tuesday, Senior Judge Paul Friedman of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted the request that Army officials make public any “responsive, non-exempt records” about the Aug. 26 visit. The order is part of a lawsuit brought by American Oversight, a nonpartisan, nonprofit group fighting to get records.

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