Trump photo op was not reason police cleared protesters from Lafayette Park, new report says

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  1. Bluesguy

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    Refute the IG report and give me a reason not to. This was reported at the time too you know.
     
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    Refute the Inspector General then if you are sonsure of yourself you should have no problem.
     
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    lies were put forth by the media as facts and hateful Democrat voters ate it up
     
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    Wonder when the lefty’s and the MSM will start their individual apology tours to say sorry to Da Trumpsta and America for their lies and fabrications and inuendos.

    orange man bad.
     
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    As a wise man once said:
    “the IG report, which is limited in scope and what evidence it can review to begin with”
     
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    so your saying Trump did not hear about them needing to put up a wall and use that excuse to get a photo op with a bible... lol.... sure
     
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    Simply amazing this new found blind faith in the government you people have found all of a sudden.

    I bet by next week it will be gone again
     
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    Park Police keep changing their story. First it was because they were trying to comply with the city curfew. Then an unnamed operations manager in the report said that was false and they don't work with the city. You know what they say about people who keep changing their story...

    Lots of unnamed sources in the report.
     
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    Today unnamed sources are ok. Next week they will be bad again
     
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    Are you including yourself in that group? You seem fine to being deceived by Kayleigh McEnany who appears to have conveyed a false version of the events that day. So, do you believe her (who is the mouthpiece of the administration) or do you believe an account that took a year to be reported?
     
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    By all means, try distraction to avoid the obvious.
     
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    It doesn't need to be true to have the desired effect. By the time the truth comes out, a thousand other meltdowns will have taken place.
     
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    How is it distraction to post the exact words the press secretary used when describing the purpose of the clear out of the park? The fact that it is contrary to this new information suggests that either 1 - the press secretary was given bad information by Trump, or 2 - this new information isn't correct. It doesn't make sense for her to be given bad information and, surely, the press secretary would be made aware of the fencing story.

    Either way, I'm curious as to why you think it took a year for this to come out. And why didn't McEnany just give the real reason instead of fabricating such a polarizing story? And why are you so quick to believe the words of an IG, as throughout the Trump administration, they were villified at every turn. Fired even.
     
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    The story isn’t about the press secretary. Nice try.
     
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    They are still trying to claim it is true...................:wall:
     
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    The IG has issued what occurred and is wasn't because of Trump, it was fake news all along. Geez I have worked MANY huge shows blocking off multiple city blocks and the best time for fencing to come in is during the night when there isn't a lot of traffic or people trying to get around. Is this the best you got SEE it was at NIGHT that means it was TRUMP!!!
     
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    So you can't refute the IG but still believe the fake news taking it on blind faith.
     
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    Yea, like in this case all the communications between the departments and the contractor and the park police and even the invoices for the work. What they needed to determine the timeline of events. What they focused on. And it was not about Trump.
     
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    As I told someone else in this thread, I will believe what I saw with my own eyes live on TV. It has nothing to do with the news, just what I saw happen.

    But I have this thread bookmarked so in the coming weeks so I can remind you all of your blind faith in the government and what they tell you.

    Lets see how consistent you are with that in the future.
     
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    Did they talk to Barr?
     
  21. Bluesguy

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    Didn't need to it was the Park Police and Secret Service who were in charge and made the decisions.

    " "The evidence established that relevant (Park Police) officials had made those decisions and had begun implementing the operational plan several hours before they knew of a potential presidential visit to the park, which occurred later that day."

    Greenblatt also found that Barr's physical presence in the park had no impact on the decision to clear the park. Widely circulated video shows Barr entering Lafayette Square after 6 p.m. with his security detail and other White House staff members."
     
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    No one knows who they talked to. Just some unnamed officials who won't go on record.
     
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    There isn't a noble bone in Trump's body, including his appointments, just look the kinds of people close to him, Barr, Manafort, Flynn, Stone, yadda yadda, they are either in jail, pardoned, or soon to be in jail.

    Greenblatt is a Trump lackey

    https://www.thedailybeast.com/lafay...ot-trump-photo-op-inspector-general-concludes

    Inspector General Mark Greenblatt made the bombshell—and bizarre—claim that protestors were cleared so a contractor could install fencing after protests led to the destruction of some surrounding federal property.

    Give me a break.
     
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    Indeed. And it was done for Donald. The report makes it rather clear that Barr ignited it all when he said that Donald was about to show up, so the people had to go. And without a warning the secret service started to beat away the peaceful protesters helped out by prison guards. If it was up to the park police, and it was up for them, they wouldn't have done it at that time. Do note, this was less than an hour before curfew.

    The entire report hides behind a line that it was legally justified because of they wanted to put up some fence. None the less,.. it was Barr who did it for Donald.
     
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    I snap responded in Post 2 that I didn't think this report was the entire story.... sounds like there's much more work to be done...

    SNIP
    USPP personnel insisted to the IG that Barr's request did not affect their plans (a highly dubious assertion), but it was actually the Secret Service who initiated the park clearance. "At approximately 6:16 p.m., contrary to the operational plan and before the USPP gave the first dispersal warning, the Secret Service entered H Street from Madison Place … the Secret Service lieutenant later apologized for the early entry onto H Street during the operation but did not explain why it occurred." About seven minutes later the clearance began in earnest.

    A very obvious question would be whether Barr, or someone else from the White House, ordered the Secret Service to start attacking the protesters. The IG did not even try to figure this out: "[We] did not seek to interview Attorney General William Barr, White House personnel, Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) officers, MPD personnel, or Secret Service personnel,"
    ENDSNIP

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-false-lafayette-square-exoneration-095509572.html

    At a glance, I'll say the USPP was charged with clearing the park peacefully for their fencing project, but Barr expedited it with the Secret Service for the Chump walk under that guise...
     
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