earlier this week a dispute occurred at Arlington National Cemetery involving staff from Donald Trump's campaign and Cemetery officials the disagreement centered on the use of a photographer during a wreath laying ceremony and a visit to the grave site of Staff Sergeant Darren Taylor Hoover the cemetery spokesperson clarified that Federal Regulations prohibit political campaign activities within Army National military cemeteries including the presence of photographers associated with partisan campaigns these regulations were communicated to all participants ahead of the event Trump's campaign however maintains that they had secured permission for their photographer to attend the ceremony the campaign shared statements from family members of fallen soldiers who supported the presence of Trump's official photographer to document and remember the event respectfully NPR reported that the conflict involved d a cemetery official who allegedly tried to restrict campaign staffer access to the area leading to a verbal and physical altercation the Trump campaign has refuted claims of a physical confrontation describing the official as someone experiencing a mental health episode they also mentioned that they have footage of the incident but have not yet released it the situation underscores the complex interactions between political events and the stringent regulations governing National military cemetery Ares