A climate worker who painted the Edgar Digas statue at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC has blamed it by a federal jury for a plot to commit a crime against the United States.
The US Department of Justice announced today that 55 -year -old NC Timethe Martin was also injured in a national gallery of art exhibition related to the April 2023 incident, in which he and a fellow worker, environmental group announced an emergency, targeted the case and the Edgar Digas base. Little Dancer, Omar FourthA famous statue of Western Art Canon and a key tourist’s draw for the organization.
According to the DOJ, Martin and his colleague, Johanna Smith, damaged more than 4,000, and forced the exposure to close the public view for 10 days repair. Smith proved a crime for a counting of injury to a gallery exhibition in December 2023 and sentenced to 60 days in prison, then released 24 months supervision, and ordered a $ 3,000 fine and a rehabilitation of $ 4,062.
Since taking power, President Trump has promoted the results of the activity, which includes raising awareness in the climate crisis, targeting art. Direction of March 2025, titled Executive Order to make DC secure, And The beautiful, the Trump administration issued extensive guidance to improve crime and aesthetics in the US capital, which includes rehabilitation of monuments, removing grafts from public places, and the establishment of DC Safe and the beautiful task force, accusing the designated “law enforcement efforts”.
