Grace Palo
WMAL.com
WASHINGTON — (WMAL) The Loudoun County School Board voted against considering a motion to censure board member Joy Maloney for her arrest at a Donald Trump rally at Briar Woods High School.
Board members Jill Turgeon and Eric DeKenipp wrote a resolution together for the board to formally condemn Maloney for her actions at the Trump rally.
Members of the community asked the board to allow Maloney to have due process in a court for her actions, before reprimanding her and censuring her. Maloney is scheduled to appear in court for a preliminary hearing this morning on a trespassing charge.
The board voted against discussing the censure, with six opposed, Maloney abstaining and Turgeon and DeKenipp in favor.
None of the meeting’s speakers spoke in favor of censuring Maloney.
Deputies assigned to Briar Woods High School for the Aug. 2 rally were told Maloney stepped in front of several attendees waiting to go inside. She was asked to go back in line and refused to do so before sitting on the ground.
Maloney, 45, of Broadlands, was charged with trespassing and taken into custody after she continued to remain seated and refused to leave. She was taken before a Loudoun magistrate and released on a $1,000 unsecured bond.
Maloney is scheduled to appear in Loudoun County General District Court today at 8:30 a.m.
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