National Guard officer says police suddenly moved on Lafayette Square protesters, used ‘excessive force’ before Trump visit
The account of Army National Guard Maj. Adam DeMarco challenges key aspects of the Trump administration’s explanation for the clearing of the protest in front of the White House, just before President Donald Trump walked through the area to stage a photo event in front of a historic church.
The legally required warnings to demonstrators before clearing the square shortly after were “barely audible” from 20 yards away and apparently not heard by protesters, he said. However, videos and accounts by journalists and demonstrators present at the square, and now from the National Guard officer, challenge the Trump administration's accounts that protesters were attacking security and law enforcement officers there at the time. Democratic lawmakers have repeatedly challenged the Trump administration to provide evidence of that.
DeMarco describes a quick conversation with Milley, the Pentagon's top general, at the time in the square that DeMarco indicates gave no warning of the imminent push by the Park Police, the Secret Service and others against demonstrators.
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