🚨A magistrate judge just released the woman charged with defacing the World War II Memorial, and the man who swore him in has a long history of opposing Trump!! U.S. Magistrate Judge Matthew J. Sharbaugh ordered Melissa Farris released after she was charged with two federal felonies for spray-painting the World War II Memorial and dumping detergent into its fountain. Prosecutors argued she was a flight risk, citing searches for travel tickets and her lack of ties to the area. Thefar-left judge disagreed. Sharbaugh was sworn into his position in October 2024 by Chief Judge James E. Boasberg. Boasberg has repeatedly ruled against Trump administration immigration enforcement, including issuing orders blocking deportation flights under the Alien Enemies Act and finding probable cause for contempt against the government for proceeding with removals. Farris faces up to 10 years on each count. Releasing someone accused of desecrating a memorial to American war dead, while the chief judge who installed the magistrate has a clear pattern of obstructing Trump-era enforcement, raises legitimate questions about the culture inside the D.C. federal courts. #WWIIMemorial# #Justice#

Someone spray-painted the WWII Memorial's granite honor roll in pink and dumped soap in the fountain. A federal grand jury has indicted her. That wall lists Americans who died in the war. It is not a protest board. If we will not protect that stone, we are not serious about the country those names built.

Criminals vandalized a WWII memorial in D.C. today This is disgraceful They’re so mad that Trump is trying to clean up D.C. that they’re going around destroying it The TDS is off the charts

JUST IN: The WWII Memorial in D.C. is reportedly a CRIME SCENE after vandals spray-painted the site and poured chemicals into the water. The area has been LOCKED DOWN as authorities investigate. Absolutely DISGRACEFUL. Hold whoever did this accountable.

🔥🚨 OUTRAGE — Citizens and Veterans are OUTRAGED over Anti-America Vandals desecrating the WWII Memorial in D.C. CITIZEN: "People FOUGHT and DIED for our country. It's dishonoring this country and all we've been through! I came here to pay respects to those who fought for our country before I DID!" The incident occurred just months after major upgrades to the memorial. What level of punishment actually deters people from targeting places like this?

DAS Matt Murray and Embassy Honiara CDA Dan O'Hara joined Solomon Islands PM Matthew Wale at the WWII Memorial, honoring the sacrifice of Americans and Solomon Islanders during the pivotal Guadalcanal Campaign in the Pacific.

America turns 250 and the sky over the National Mall answers back. Fireworks over the WWII Memorial for the nation's semiquincentennial. Two and a half centuries of freedom, still burning bright.