Members of Congress heard from a series of witnesses, including several who were injured in the forcible clearing of protesters before President Donald Trump's controversial walk this month to St. John's Church for a photo opportunity.
The
House Natural Resources Committee held its first hearing Monday on the
incident June 1, in which protesters were removed from the park by
authorities using chemical irritants, rubber bullets, shields and
horses. Trump, who posed with a Bible in front of the historic church
along with members of his administration, drew wide condemnation for the
force used on demonstrators.
House Democrats pressed the
Trump administration for information on its response to the protesters,
who were cleared roughly a half-hour before a 7 p.m. curfew in
Washington. The Interior Department's inspector general's office opened
an investigation.
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