police brutally cracked down on protesters near the White House last year was so that
President Donald Trump could pose for photos nearby with a Bible.
Map of Washington included in an inspector general’s report shows Lafayette Square separating the White House, to the south, from St. John’s Church on the northern side. (Image via Courthouse News)
WASHINGTON (CN) An inspector general for the Interior Department appointed to his position by former President Donald Trump issued a report Wednesday that exonerates Trump in connection to the use of chemical weapons at a protest last year.
It is undisputed that Trump marched through the park known as Lafayette Square on June 1, shortly after authorities cleared the protesters who had been peacefully demonstrating there. Days earlier, George Floyd had been murdered by a Minneapolis police officer, and Washington was one of countless cities around the world overtaken by protesters in the aftermath. On June 1, standing outside a