All posts tagged "Vandalism"

The Trump administration was investigating a vandalism incident on Thursday involving graffiti and soap bubbles.

The bubbles was reportedly overflowing out of the fountain, and neon graffiti with the message "Clean hands Dirty $" was etched at the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC, CNN reported.

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Former CNN broadcaster Jim Acosta warned that President Donald Trump could be considered a "vandal" accused of damaging federal property — just as the president has threatened to others over the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

Acosta spoke with Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) about the president's threat to arrest and charge anyone who damaged the remodeled monument during an episode of "The Jim Acosta Show" on Wednesday. He suggested Trump could be facing questions over vandalism.

"The Trump administration is talking about how destroying federal property is a crime, and it's true," Acosta said. "There is a law that says you can't destroy federal property. And I think if it's over $1,000 or something like that, it becomes potentially a felony and you could go to prison for 10 years."
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The steps of the Lincoln Memorial were vandalized with red spray paint and the words "free Gaza," Fox 5 reported Wednesday.

The phrase was spray-painted in several places around the memorial and red paint was splattered on the ground, according to the report.

The National Park Service began removing the graffiti immediately after it was discovered, but they told Fox 5 it might take several attempts to completely remove all the paint. ...

A Texas lawmaker's office was repeatedly vandalized this week with messages criticizing the congress member's position on the Israel-Hamas war.

U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz said on Thursday police are investigating what she described in a press release as pro-Hamas messages scrawled on her District 15 office in McAllen, Texas.

The vandals wrote on her door, entryway, and sheets left outside the office, "Monica murders," "Israel kills Jews too," "Israel is doing genocide and you support it," and "You can't escape your crimes Monica." ...