Guardsman Told Barr Protest Was Peaceful Before Violent Attack

[kpete]

The attorney general has insisted that the White House crowd was violent before he ordered an aggressive clearing of the area where Trump staged a photo-op.

A member of the National Guard directly informed Attorney General William Barr that anti-racist protesters were peaceful as Barr launched a violent police action against them before President Donald Trump walked to a church to pose with a Bible for a photo-op, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) said Monday.

The “eyewitness” account provided to Norton from the officer who was on duty that day contradicts Barr’s insistence in a CBS News interview Sunday that the protesters “were not peaceful,” and that their actions warranted a law enforcement onslaught.

Protesters were charged, struck with batons and shields and rubber bullets, manhandled, and tear-gassed June 1 to make way for Trump to walk across the street from the White House so he could hold aloft a Bible in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church.

“The D.C. National Guard member spoke to Attorney General Barr, who was in charge, and explained that the crowd was peaceful — but troops from federal agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Prisons, remained,” said a statement Sunday from the delegate’s office.

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[SamKnause]

1. Is anyone surprised ???

I'm not.

Trump and his cult are EVIL LIARS.

[ananda]

21. Not hardly.

Trump and Barr just keep being POSes.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

2. Barr and Trump would define "peaceful" only as....

every person in the protest down on both knees bowing toward the White House in worship of King Shitgibbon.

Defund Trump and Barr.

KY........

[Scarsdale]

4. How many of these

"police officers" are on Erik Prince's payroll? Maybe this was a demonstration for tRump on how THEY will handle protests in the future.

[2naSalit]

6. +1

[lagomorph777]

13. Defund and demand a refund.

[NNadir]

3. When the rule of law returns to this country, Barr needs to have assault added to the other charges.

His criminal activities will certainly result in a very long sentence, effectively life in prison.

[jaxexpat]

8. Since he only has one life I guess that'll have to do.

[NNadir]

15. Well, if it's any consolation, history will certainly record his criminality for all time.

I did not think that I would ever live see a Presidency worse that gave James Buchanan the opportunity to be the second worst President in US history, but I have.

The corollary is that we will need another Lincoln to save the country. Lincoln's greatness was a huge surprise to his contemporaries. May it be so for President Biden.

[jaxexpat]

26. That's a real truth, there. Big Biden challenge.

[augyboston]

5. After we win...

After we win in November and we take whatever action is necessary to remove the shit stain from the White House; because we all know what kind of bullshit he's going to try to pull, we must take all legal action necessary to make these criminals pay for what they've done. AG Barr is second in line when it comes to bringing justice down; right behind the walking pile of orange dong!

[Lonestarblue]

20. Yes, letting these people off the hook after they leave office is a non-starter for me.

Investigations should be held and the guilty punished. If Biden pardons people just to make peace with the past, we may see massive protests again. These people are crooks selling out the US government. I also want Jared and Princess Ivanka investigated. I suspect Jared of leaking all kinds of US national security intelligence to MBS in return for favorable treatment of future resorts in SA. There’s a reason why their annual income—at least what they reported—increased dramatically after just a year in the White House.

[Botany]

7. So Barr was lying when he said that the protesters, "were not peaceful."

Christ these guys are the lowest of the low.

[gratuitous]

9. It's an ongoing quiz: Who are you going to believe?

Another self-serving lie out of the Trump administration or your own eyes?

[djacq]

10. Not surprise... They all LIE.

[DeSmet]

11. Now this is where the repugs have it all over the dems

Repugs know how to 'GIVE IT A NAME".

Fox is the best at it. Benghazzi Benghazzi Benghazzi. Deep State. Big Tech. Fake news. The Russian hoax. On and on. Give the assault a name. Someone says Tiananmen Square and you know what they are talking about. Lafayette Square Assault. The June 1st Assault on America. Help me out here.

[lagomorph777]

14. The Bible Battle

[Moostache]

18. Bunker Bitch's Bible Bungle?

He DID manage to hold the thing up upside down and backwards...that might be too much "B" alliteration though...

[uponit7771]

12. There were too many black people in the crowd, that's not "peaceful" to overt racist like Barr

[Moostache]

19. So more than 1, right?

Barr makes me sick....he is nauseating to look at, hear or read his words...as bad as Trump and McConnell...

[Hekate]

16. Well, well

[Evolve Dammit]

17. I hope there are many hearings and complying with subpoenas is not optional, but grounds for arrest.

[onetexan]

22. Lowbarr needs to be forced to resign then prosecuted.

Absolutely disgraceful!!

[Blue Owl]

23. Eat shit and die, Barr

n/t

[Cha]

24. The AG is a Fucking LIAR like his Bloated boss.

Thank you, National Guardsman

[cynical_idealist]

25. trump and barr

Often perform fallacyo for each other