Feds charge man who burned U.S. flag outside White House in protest of Trump's executive order

[Eugene]

Source: CBS News

Feds charge man who burned U.S. flag outside White House in protest of Trump's executive order

By Jacob Rosen
August 29, 2025 / 5:10 PM EDT / CBS News

Federal prosecutors in D.C. filed criminal charges against a man who burned an American flag outside of the White House earlier this week, after President Trump signed an executive order ordering the Justice Department to investigate flag burning.

Jan Carey, 54, of North Carolina, is facing two misdemeanor criminal counts in Washington, D.C., federal court. Neither charge focuses on the fact that he burned a flag, specifically: one of the counts was for lighting a fire "not in a designated area and receptacle," and another was for lighting a fire "in a manner that threatened, caused damage to, and resulted in the burning of property, real property, and park resources."

Both charges are punishable by a fine or no more than six months in custody.

In a video of the flag burning captured by WUSA9 on Monday, Carey identified himself as a military veteran and said he was protesting the executive order.

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Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/feds-charge-man-who-burned-u-s-flag-outside-white-house-in-protest-of-trumps-executive-order/

[SunSeeker]

1. Hopefully a jury does not convict. nt

[MrWowWow]

2. Just Jury Nullify This Garbage Case into Oblivion

That'll really anger these NAZIs!

[Journeyman]

3. "If you want a symbolic gesture, don't burn the flag; wash it." -- Norman Thomas

Want to fry the old coot's mind? Take an old washboard and bucket to Lafayette Square and wash the fascism out of Old Glory.

Then, to truly melt his cerebrum, dunk a dirty, red MAGA flag into the bucket, scrub it hard on the washboard, plunge it back into the water and secretly swap it out for a clean, blue ”Make America Gavin Again" flag.

Let ’em try to charge you with, what? Washing the flag? It’d short-circuit whatever synapses still fizzle in the old degenerate’s head.

[msongs]

4. ya if u splash soapy water they'll get you for some sort of pollution nt

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. The use of misdemeanor charges meant that Piro did not go to a grand jury

[pwb]

6. Those are some Trumped up charges Eh?

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