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White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany<\/a> said Monday that the White House has no regrets about how federal law enforcement forcibly cleared protesters from Lafayette\u00a0Square the week prior.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no regrets on the part of this White House,\u201d McEnany said at a briefing Monday afternoon. \u201cI\u2019d note that many of those decisions were not made here within the White House. It was [Attorney General William] Barr who made the decision to move the perimeter. Monday night Park Police had also made that decision independently when they saw all the violence in Lafayette Square.\u201d<\/p>\n

McEnany defended the decision by the U.S. Park Police to use chemical agents to clear protesters from the park outside the White House, claiming police issued three warnings before doing so and that protesters hurled projectiles at law enforcement officers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was unacceptable. Park Police acted as they felt they needed to at that time in response,\u201d McEnany said. \u201cWe stand by those actions.\u201d<\/p>\n

McEnany also pointed to a fire set at historic St. John\u2019s Church and video of a demonstrator carving a piece of cement from the sidewalk as evidence of violent protests accompanying peaceful demonstrations against the police-involved death of George Floyd. McEnany said the incidents\u00a0\u2014 which occurred on Sunday, the day before Lafayette\u00a0Square was cleared\u00a0\u2014 contributed to the decision to expand the perimeter around the White House.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration has withstood growing scrutiny for the clearing of the park over the past week. Religious leaders and some Republicans have criticized the administration for using force to clear the group of largely peaceful protesters shortly before President Trump<\/a>\"\"<\/img>Donald John Trump<\/a>Prosecutors allege Avenatti may have violated terms of prison release<\/a> Bolton plans to publish White House memoir in late June: report<\/a> The sad spectacle of Trump’s enablers<\/a> MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> staged a photo opportunity at St. John\u2019s Church. James Mattis<\/a>\"\"<\/img>James Norman Mattis<\/a>The sad spectacle of Trump’s enablers<\/a> Bush, Romney won’t support Trump reelection: NYT<\/a> Trump fires back at Colin Powell for saying he’d vote for Biden<\/a> MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, Trump\u2019s first Defense secretary, issued a stern rebuke of the president last week over the events and his threat to use the military to quell protests.<\/p>\n

The Hill\u2019s reporter who observed the scene of the protest last Monday did not observe projectiles being thrown. The Hill reported at the time that some protesters taunted and jeered at law enforcement.<\/p>\n

In an interview on CBS\u2019s \u201cFace the Nation\u201d on Sunday, Barr said the actions of law enforcement were appropriate and insisted those demonstrating on Monday \u201cwere not peaceful protesters.\u201d Barr also said the decision to expand the perimeter around the park was made independently of Trump\u2019s decision to walk to St. John\u2019s Church, echoing remarks he made last week.<\/p>\n

Trump also said last week<\/a> that he believed the situation was \u201chandled very well.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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