WASHINGTON (AP) — An Army veteran who set fire to an American flag near the White House to protest President Donald Trump's recent executive order on flag burning pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal criminal charges .

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Jan Carey of Arden, North Carolina, has pleaded not guilty to two charges after authorities say he burned an American flag

Carey, an Army veteran, is accused of setting fire to a flag Aug. 25 in Lafayette Park in Washington, D.C., after President Donald Trump signed an executive order requiring the Justice Department to prosecute those who burn American flags

Carey is charged with two misdemeanors that are not focused on the act of burning a flag

Jan Carey is charged with two misdemeanors that are not focused on the act of burning a flag.

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