An Army veteran being prosecuted for hanging a six-inch American flag on the fence outside a Veterans Affairs facility without permission joined fellow military veteran Pete Hegseth on "Fox & Friends" on Saturday with his lawyer.
The veteran, Bob Rosebrock, served in the U.S. Army from 1965-1967, according to Fox News. He protested the treatment of homeless veterans by hanging the flag outside the Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs facility on Memorial Day. Because Rosebrock put up the flag without permission, he is facing six months in prison and a coming trial.
"It revolves around retaliation because we did win a federal judgement against the VA and they're just coming out after me," Rosebrock told Hegseth while explaining his case. "It's like minutiae because all we are doing is displaying the American flag and there is no regulation on it."
Rosebrock's attorney, Robert Sticht, said the treatment of his client should outrage all Americans. Stitch then questioned the rationale behind the case, asking, "How in the world can you prosecute and attempt to jail somebody for hanging the American flag?"
Hegseth ended the segment saying that the Department of Veterans Affairs was unable to comment on the case and the Department of Justice had not yet responded to a Fox News request for comment.