Army report on Trump incident at Arlington Cemetery released, but almost completely redacted

The long-awaited US Army report on Donald Trumpis controversial visiting Arlington National Cemetery was published in August, but the report sheds little light on what actually happened that day.

The report was published Friday with extensive redactions in response to the court order after American Oversight, a government transparency group, filed a lawsuit. The Army report contains little information about altercation between a cemetery official and Trump campaign staffers which have not yet been made public.

Referring to a “simple attack,” the report said:

While working at Arlington National Cemetery, (redacted) with both (redacted) hands as he tried to pass (redacted), did not require medical attention at the scene, and later refused when offered. (Redacted) filed an affidavit on DA Form 2823 and stated (redacted) that he did not want to press charges. The investigation is ongoing by the JBMHH Police Investigations Unit

Another part of the report, which contains the sworn statement of one of the participants, is blacked out.

The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to NBC News request for comment on the report. The Army told Politico in a statement: “The investigation into the incident by law enforcement remains open, so we are unable to provide additional information at this time.”

In late August, Trump attended a wreath-laying ceremony at a military cemetery at the invitation of several Gold Star families. First reported by NPR that an altercation occurred when a cemetery employee tried to prevent the Trump campaign from filming and photographing the Republican nominee while visiting the graves of soldiers who died in Afghanistan in 2021. Federal law prohibits political campaigning or election-related activities in the Army Cemetery.

Cemetery employee filed military police report but declined to press charges, Army said after the incident, adding that he considered the case closed.

News of the incident spread negative reaction to Trumpwho had a history of defaming military personnel and who recently had to deny reports that he praised Adolf Hitler while in office. However, his campaign spokesman claimed that there was no physical fight and said the campaign was “prepared to release the footage if such defamatory claims were made.” (No footage has been released to date.) Trump also responded criticized the cemetery workers and presented himself as the victim of a smear campaign.

This article was originally published on MSNBC.com