Opinion | W. James Antle III: 'Democrats can't claim to be for truth only when they're calling out Trump’s lies. Not admitting error amid new evidence debases the truth they claim to revere.' - NBCNewsTHINK
wrote that “the evidence did not support a finding that the [United States Park Police] cleared the park on June 1, 2020, so that then President Trump could enter the park.” The protesters were instead removed “to allow a contractor to safely install anti-scale fencing in response to destruction of Federal property and injury to officers that occured on May 30 and May 31” during other Black Lives Matter protests.
In fact, Greenblatt found, the relevant decisions were made and plans put in place “several hours before [officials] knew of a potential Presidential visit to the park, which occurred later that day.”Greenblatt did find fault with Bureau of Prisons officers for firing pepper balls to subdue the protesters, saying it was “inconsistent with the guidance” of those overseeing the operation.
There’s no doubt that in June 2020 Trump was trying to use the civil unrest that followed the death of George Floyd at the hands of police to win re-election on a “law and order” platform. During the photo op after the park clearing, Trump famously held aloft a Bible while posing outside St. John’s Episcopal Church, which had beenon the night of May 31, clearly trying to milk the scene for full political effect.
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