Jan Carey, left, a North Carolina veteran who burned a flag near the White House last month, listens while his attorneys Nick Place, center, and Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, right, speak following his arraignment at the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

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.

Jan Carey is charged with two misdemeanors that are not focused on the act of burning a flag. Making his initial court appearance, Carey was arraigned on charges of igniting a fire in an undesignated area and lighting a fire causing damage to property

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