Barr denies protesters were cleared to make way for Trump church visit
By Brett Samuels - 06/04/20 02:06 PM EDT
Attorney General William Barr on Thursday said there was "no correlation" between law enforcement aggressively dispersing protesters from Lafayette Square near the White House and President Trump's walk to nearby St. John's Church shortly thereafter, a visit he defended as "entirely appropriate."
Barr, who ordered law enforcement to expand their perimeter another block away from the White House on Monday evening, denied that the path was cleared of activists demonstrating against police brutality to make way for Trump's trip to the church for a photo-op with aides.
"I did not know that he was going to do that until later in the day after our plans were well underway to move the perimeter," Barr said at a press conference. "So there was no correlation between our tactical plan of moving the perimeter out by one block and the president’s going over to the church."
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