DOJ report criticizes former AG Bill Barr for 'chaotic' response to 2020 George Floyd D.C. protests

Barr ordered law enforcement to clear protestors before Trump's church photo op.

Matt McClain-Pool/Getty Images, FILEWednesday criticizing former Attorney General Bill Barr's management of the aggressive law enforcement response to protests in Washington, D.C. in the summer of 2020 that turned violent in the wake the

US President Donald Trump walks with US Attorney General William Barr , US Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper , Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark A. Milley , and others from the White House to visit St. John's Church June 1, 2020.

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