Police did not clear Lafayette Park area so Trump could hold 'Bible' photo op: Watchdog

[ForgoTheConsequence]

Source: ABC News

U.S. Park Police did not clear Lafayette Park and the nearby area of protesters on June 1, 2020, so President Donald Trump could walk from the White House over to St. John’s Church, but learned of his interest in surveying the site hours after they already had begun planning to clear the area to put up new fencing, according to a new watchdog report.

The Interior Department’s inspector general did not determine whether law enforcement acted inappropriately against demonstrators last year and did not focus on individual incidents of police use of force, but found that poor communication between agencies and ineffective dispersal warnings "may have contributed to confusion during the operation and the use of tactics that appeared inconsistent" with initial plans.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/police-clear-lafayette-park-area-trump-hold-bible/story?id=78171712&cid=social_twitter_abcn

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Statement from Inspector General Mark Lee Greenblatt Regarding Special Review Report "Review of U.S. Park Police Actions at Lafayette Park"

https://www.doioig.gov/site-page/statement-inspector-general-mark-lee-greenblatt-regarding-special-review-report-review-us



More cover for 45.

[Me.]

1. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah

so sayeth the FG supporter

[ForgoTheConsequence]

2. FYI Mark Lee Greenblatt is a Trump holdover.

Nominated by Trump in 2019.

[PSPS]

3. Greenblatt is a trump toady/appointee

[Mysterian]

4. Fire this trump cultist

Why does he still have a job?

[questionseverything]

19. This is what I don't understand

Why are these trump asswipes still here?

[Arkansas Granny]

5. And I have a bridge in Brooklyn.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

6. Uh huh.

[Budi]

7. "Official's name is redacted & SS was not interviewed" ok then!

Link to tweet

"Interesting conclusion given that the IG does not interview the Secret Service and the name of the official who ordered the clearing of the park is redacted."

"And shortly after the area was cleared, Trump looked out the window, saw the cleared space, and decided to go for a stroll with his upside down bible."

[OneBlueDotS-Carolina]

8. I'll be living in....

Buckingham Palace and sitting on the throne of the United Kindom, the trump will have another state visit, as President of the United States, this coming August.

[AverageOldGuy]

9. Well - - -

- - - I gotta tell you, I'm convinced.

[Goonch]

10. ;-{)

[LetMyPeopleVote]

11. I have my doubts

[SledDriver]

12. He didn't have the protesters tear gassed so he could hold a photo op.

He staged a photo op so he could have the protesters tear gassed.

[TimeToGo]

25. Seems right

[Bucky]

13. IOW, Trump exploited chaos (that he helped create) for his own benefit

Criminals do not change their MO

[Scrivener7]

14. Bullshit.

[think4yourself]

15. Orwellian Doublespeak

Good heavens! Double-plus ungood.

[Initech]

16. Nothing to see here! Please dispserse!

[kimbutgar]

17. Then WTF did we see people being gassed and pushed by cops so MF45 could get his photo op

Holding a Bible upside down.

I saw it with my lying eyes people being brutalized, tear gassed and shoved aside by advancing cops! An Australian reporter was being filmed saying they were being tear gassed and brutalized by police while on a live stream shown in Australia!!!!!!

[amcgrath]

18. Bollocks

[C_U_L8R]

20. Pardon my french. The fuck they didn't.

We all saw it. Live. Including Trump's hitleresque triumphant gloat.
It was disgusting and these people are lying.

[bringthePaine]

21. hmmmm, I know that smell...

[paleotn]

22. Just a coincidence?..

Sorry, call me skeptical.

[IcyPeas]

23. once again he is totally exonerated

[Wuddles440]

26. He truly is the...

"Teflon Con".

[Delphinus]

24. Is this

what would be called gaslighting? Didn't we see something different?

[DallasNE]

27. A CYA Report If Ever I Ssw One. nt

[2naSalit]

28. Bullshit. nt

[Kid Berwyn]

31. "Thank you for exonerating me," Anus Orange said.

Dumpy should know as he appointed IG Mark Greenblatt.

https://www.doioig.gov/about-us/inspector-general

[Warpy]

29. Brutalizing citizens acting lawfully just so Tubby coule waddle down the empty street

is just as bad, if not worse. They're not making this any better for him.

The whole thing was absolutely despicable.

[MustLoveBeagles]

30. Right. Whatever.

[Layzeebeaver]

32. Its the opposite

He had a photo-op to "justify" clearing the square

[twodogsbarking]

33. Brought to you by the people

who think Trump is still President.

[Vinca]

34. Baloney. I don't believe this for a nanosecond.

[lark]

35. Conclusion - fire the lying scumbag Greenblatt.

Why hasn't this already been done?

[Javaman]

36. boy, that has more than a whiff of total and complete bullshit. nt

[Marthe48]

37. Just like the traitor attack warnings on Jan.6th weren't passed along

to the police rank and file.

How do I know it's a lie? Because we saw the coverage on tv. We are aware that traitor had his henchmen in place to beat Democracy to a pulp. They got close. TG for the Capitol Police.