What Is the US Flag Code and Is Violating It Illegal?

President Trump desecrates the United States flag by signing his name on it with a marker violating 18 U.S. Code § 700 which states, “a) (1) Whoever knowingly mutilates, defaces, physically defiles, burns, maintains on the floor or ground, or tramples upon any flag of the United States shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.” Trump also signed an executive order this week directing the U.S. attorney general to prosecute those who burn or in any way des