During the 2024 campaign, two Trump aides were involved in a physical altercation with staff at Arlington Cemetery for illegally recording content for the Trump campaign. Arlington Cemetery officials communicated to the campaign ahead of a wreath laying ceremony with the president that any photography or video was prohibited. After a cemetery employee attempted to enforce these rules, she was verbally abused and pushed out of the way by Trump’s deputy campaign manager Justin Caporale and Michel Picard, a member of Trump's advance team. Arlington Cemetery released this statement:
“Federal law prohibits political campaign or election-related activities within Army National Military Cemeteries, to include photographers, content creators or any other persons attending for purposes, or in direct support of a partisan political candidate’s campaign. Arlington National Cemetery reinforced and widely shared this law and its prohibitions with all participants.”