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June 3, 2020

AG William Barr Personally Ordered Assault on Peaceful Protesters Outside White House
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The Washington Post reports U.S. Attorney General William Barr
personally ordered police to beat and tear-gas peaceful protesters
gathered near the White House Monday in order to clear a path for
President Donald Trump to walk to the nearby St. John's Episcopal
Church, where Trump posed for photos holding a Bible. Among the hundreds
of people tear-gassed was the former assistant rector of St. John's.
President Trump visited the Saint John Paul II National Shrine on
Tuesday, sparking a new round of criticism from religious leaders.
Washington Archbishop Wilton Gregory said Trump's visit at this time was
"baffling and reprehensible."


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