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Kentucky woman indicted on two felony counts for spray-painting Trump's renovated WWII Memorial

Melissa Farris, who filmed herself throughout the 13 August act, now faces two felony counts each carrying a maximum ten-year sentence.
Melissa Farris, who filmed herself throughout the 13 August act, now faces two felony counts each carrying a maximum ten-year sentence.
Farris went live on Facebook before surrendering, claiming she defaced the memorial to force her whistleblower case into court.
Farris went live on Facebook before surrendering, claiming she defaced the memorial to force her whistleblower case into court.

Melissa Farris, 41, of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, spray-painted "Clean Hands Dirty $" in bright pink on the newly-renovated World War II Memorial on 13 August, filming herself throughout, then poured bubble soap into its fountain. Officers identified her by linking her to an arrest just days before on a charge of unlawfully camping on federal property nearby. A federal grand jury indicted her Thursday on two felony counts — one for defacing a veterans' memorial and one for damaging government property — each carrying a maximum sentence of ten years.

Trump condemned the act on Truth Social: 'THERE CAN BE NO GREATER INSULT TO THOSE AMERICAN HEROES WHO DIED IN WORLD WAR II.'

Before turning herself in, Farris went live on Facebook and said she acted 'to push my whistleblower case into the courtroom.'

Repair and cleanup costs have already surpassed $1,000, and a hearing is scheduled for 3 September.

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