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Feds move to dismiss charges against Army veteran who burned American flag near White House

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WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has moved to dismiss charges against an Army veteran who set fire to an American flag near the White House last year to protest President Donald Trump’s executive order on flag burning. Jay Carey, 55, of Arden, North Carolina, who has said he served in the Army from 1989 to … Read more

DOJ moves to drop charges against man who burned U.S. flag outside White House

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Federal prosecutors in D.C. on Friday moved to drop charges against a man who was charged last year after he burned an American flag outside the White House, after President Trump had signed an executive order directing the DOJ to investigate flag burning.   Jan Carey was facing two misdemeanor criminal counts in Washington, D.C., … Read more