The chief of the U. S. Park Police testified Tuesday that protesters were not cleared from Lafayette Square in Washington on June 1 in the…
The chief of the U. S. Park Police testified Tuesday that protesters were not cleared from Lafayette Square in Washington on June 1 in the midst of unrest in the wake of George Floyd.
Trump was later seen standing at Lafayette Square while holding a Bible in his hand.
“We were notified earlier in the day that the president was going to visit Lafayette Park to view the damage that was done to the park over the course of the preceding days, but we were not given a time on when he was visiting,” acting Park Police Chief Gregory Monahan said during a House Natural Resources Committee hearing.
The removal of protesters affiliated with Black Lives Matter was not linked to President Trump’s plans to visit the park, the park chief said.
