National Guard officer says Trump and AG Barr are lying about his botched Bible photo op
An Army National Guard officer is contradicting everything Donald Trump, Attorney General William Barr, and U.S. Park Police have told Americans about their disastrous effort to forcefully clear protesters away from the White House last month so Trump could hoist an upside-down Bible over his head for the cameras.
The protesters were "behaving peacefully,” says Adam DeMarco, an Iraq War vet and major in the D.C. National Guard, and the Park Police deployed an "excessive use of force" against them, according to a written statement provided to the Natural Resources Committee.
The statement from DeMarco, who is scheduled to testify before Congress Tuesday, stands in stark contrast to what both Barr and acting Park Police Chief Gregory Monahan have said about the violence targeted at protesters in Lafayette Square on June 1. DeMarco also corroborates what other law enforcement officials previously told The Washington Post about the operation. Originally, they claimed the clearing was set to take place after the city's 7 PM curfew but then it was moved forward after Barr showed up in the park around 6 PM and ordered Park Police to expand the perimeter.
Monahan has tried to justify the clearing as an effort to make way for fencing being erected around the White House, but DeMarco, who served as a liaison between the Guard and the Park Police, said the fencing didn't even arrive until closer to 9 PM. DeMarco also said Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, issued instructions for his forces to calmly engage protesters.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/7/27/1964221/--Excessive-force-National-Guard-officer-calls-B-S-on-lies-told-by-Trump-Barr-on-park-clearing?detail=emaildkre
In the mean time blubber boy Barr perjures himself before Congressman.
