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Black Lives Matter LOSES lawsuit over removal of protesters from DC park for Trump’s church walk

BLACK Lives Matter has lost its lawsuit against Donald Trump over the removal of protesters from Lafayette Square for his Bible photo op.

Federal judge Dabney Friedrich said on Monday that the DC branch, along with the American Civil Liberties Union of DC, could not proceed with its claim black demonstrators were targeted.

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Trump holds up a Bible outside of St John's Episcopal Church across from Lafayette ParkCredit: AP
for the Bible photo op.

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 said that he had been "completely and totally" exonerated.

The report from the Department of the Interior's Office of the Inspector General concluded that the protests were cleared by Park Police so that a contractor could install new fencing near the White House.

 as a photo opportunity “prop."

The watchdog's conclusion echoes the White House's justification from June 3, 2020.

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"In the morning, [Attorney General Bill] Barr had determined that we needed to expand the perimeter by one block on each side," White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said at a briefing. 

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"He was surprised, AG Barr when he arrived at the White House to see that the perimeter had not been moved."

 not order those protesting to be moved.

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