The Biden campaign continues to propagate a falsehood regarding former President Donald Trump tear-gassing peaceful protesters outside the White House in Lafayette Square for a photo opportunity. This claim has been thoroughly discredited and proven to be untrue. In June 2021, the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Interior issued a report that cleared Trump of any wrongdoing in relation to the alleged tear-gassing incident at Lafayette Square in June 2020, which was said to have been done to facilitate a photo opportunity at St. John’s Episcopal Church.
Four years ago today, Trump tear gassed peaceful protestors outside the White House pic.twitter.com/jryy1st48P
— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) June 2, 2024
The report from the inspector general validated the accounts provided by Trump and former Attorney General William Barr regarding the events of that day:
“Protests began in and around Lafayette Park on May 29, 2020. On May 30, the USPP [U.S. Park Police] and U.S. Secret Service established a unified command to coordinate the law enforcement response to the protests. From May 30 to 31, at least 49 USPP officers were injured while policing the protests, and Federal and private property was vandalized. On the morning of