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It could have been worse—Trump wanted to use active duty military to clear the streets of D.C.

The Insurrection Act, allowing the president to deploy military forces within the United States, was signed into law in 1807. Of the course of that 214 history, the law has been used for vastly …

Sun Jun 27, 2021

Trump-appointed judge dismisses almost all claims involving driving protesters from Lafayette Square

Two weeks ago, an inspector general for the U.S. Department of the Interior insisted that when hundreds of heavily armed officers from the Bureau of Prisons and Park Police cleared peaceful protestors …

Tue Jun 22, 2021

Claims that Lafayette Square was not cleared for Trump don't hold up to even a cursory examination

And just like that, it never happened. Donald Trump and William Barr never ordered an attack on peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters in Lafayette Square on June 1, 2020. Mounted federal officers …

Thu Jun 10, 2021

Trump's crimes against our democracy are still being defended by elected officials from both parties

One year ago today, Donald Trump and his henchmen ordered a violent clearing of peaceful protesters from the park in front of the White House so Trump could walk across the street for a publicity …

Tue Jun 1, 2021

The DOJ is still fighting to help Donald Trump and Bill Barr, but Merrick Garland could make it stop

As more evidence surfaces, showing how former attorney general William Barr worked to make sure that the Mueller investigation couldn’t touch Donald Trump, the current Department of Justice is put in …

Sat May 29, 2021