Federal authorities Monday arrested a man across the street from the White House after he set an American flag on fire the day President Donald Trump signed an executive order intended to crack down on flag burning.

The man, who identified himself as a 20-year combat veteran in a video posted to social media by the news outlet The Bulwark, said, "I’m burning this flag as a protest to that illegal fascist president that sits in that House," as he pointed toward the White House from Lafayette Square.

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The Secret Service said in a statement that it detained the man around 6:15 p.m. ET "for igniting an object" and that he was turned over to U.S. Park Police.

Park Police said they arrested the man for violating a statu

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