Secret Service Finally Admits Using Pepper Spray On Protesters—12 Days Later

As the Lafayette Square protest—when law enforcement aggressively removed peaceful protesters on June 1 before a White House photo-op—increasingly becomes a major scandal for the Trump administration, the Secret Service on Saturday finally admitted using pepper spray on protesters on June 1, after denying it earlier this month.... [+]KEY FACTS

The Secret Service said one agent used pepper spray “in response to an assaultive individual” during the protest, correcting an earlier statement on June 5 saying that the agency didn’t use tear gas or pepper spray at all. The Trump administration has been facing scrutiny for its handling of the protest because President Donald Trump walked through the area for a photo-op at St. John’s Church after demonstrators were cleared from the square.

rachsandl This is so not important. They should have been there in the first place. Clinton and Obama would have had themremoved.

rachsandl Used in France for almost 20 years and each saturday ...

rachsandl Imagine that!!!!🤔🤔🤔🤔

rachsandl so what ? Using pepper . Why keep talking that to lure angry

rachsandl ? This was assumed to be true all along. Is this news?

rachsandl They said it was pepper spray from the beginning

rachsandl It took them a while to remember, I guess... SMH

rachsandl they said right away it was pepper spray -tthey were accused of using tear gas

rachsandl Pepper spray or tear gas? MSM said tear gas which was NOT true.

rachsandl Congratulations.

rachsandl Who cares? Seriously ! That is what is a news story is from you now? Guess what , crowds get unruly and burn and loot yup , get ready..

rachsandl Rioters, anarchists can’t you people get anything correct?

rachsandl The Biden campaign ad should say: May possible by Secret Service pepper spraying peace protesters.

rachsandl OMG! Where will it end?

rachsandl Ok

rachsandl Wow, what a shocker. Trump lied

rachsandl Reasonable people already knew that.

rachsandl Truth will set you free..

rachsandl Good!!!👏👏👏🇺🇸👍

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