A man was arrested on Monday after setting fire to an American flag at Lafayette Park, a federal park close to the White House, just hours after President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at cracking down on U.S. flag-burning.

President Donald Trump announced his intention for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to seek the death penalty in all murder cases occurring in Washington, D.C. He stressed that capital punishment is a "very strong preventative" against crime.