DOJ Asks Judge to Dismiss Lawsuit Against Trump & Barr for Clearing Protestors from Lafayette Square

Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner

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🗓️ 30 May 2021

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Last year, Bill Barr and others directed that Lafayette Square be cleared of protestors who were exercising their 1st Amendment rights so then-President Donald Trump could walk across the street to stand in front of a church for a political photo-op. The ACLU filed suit on behalf of protestors and journalists that were assaulted by law enforcement officers while they cleared the way for Trump's political stunt. In a troubling move, the Department of Justice has now urged the judge to dismiss the case, claiming that Trump, Barr and other government officials have immunity from this particular lawsuit. This video presents an argument for why the suit should not be dismissed but instead should proceed to the discovery phase to, at a minimum, determine if Trump and Barr were acting within the scope of their official governmental duties when they ordered the area cleared - shutting down the protestors' exercise of their 1st Amendment rights, for a presidential photo op. For our newly launched Team Justice and Justice Matters merchandise shop, please visit: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/glennkirschner/ Please consider becoming a #TeamJustice patron at: https://www.patreon.com/glennkirschner My podcast, "Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner" can be downloaded where you get your podcasts. Follow me on: Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/glennkirschner2 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/glennkirschner2 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glennkirschner2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	So, the Department of Justice has asked the judge to dismiss a lawsuit that was filed
0:07.9	against Donald Trump, Bill Barr, and others for the violent clearing of the protestors
0:14.6	from Lafayette Square.
0:17.6	Let's talk about whether that was the right position for the Department of Justice
0:22.0	to take because justice matters.
0:41.4	Hey all, Glenn Kirchner here.
0:43.7	So over the course of the day, I've had so many requests from our team justice friends
0:49.3	on social media to address a story that broke late yesterday.
0:55.1	The story involves the Department of Justice asking a court, asking a judge to throw out,
1:02.3	to dismiss the lawsuit that had been brought against Donald Trump, Bill Barr, and others
1:08.9	for the violent clearing of protestors from Lafayette Square so Donald Trump could walk
1:15.8	across the street and stand in front of a church for a photo op.
1:20.5	Now, I want to read a piece that ran today in the Huffington Post.
1:25.4	I'm going to read it at some length because I think it does a nice job setting up the
1:30.4	discussion that we're going to have.
1:33.0	Okay?
1:34.0	So, the headline reads, DOJ asks Judge to toss ACLU suit against Trump over Lafayette Square
1:42.1	violence in the article begins.
1:45.8	The Justice Department asked the federal judge on Friday to dismiss a lawsuit filed by
1:51.4	the American Civil Liberties Union against former President Donald Trump for the violence
1:56.7	against protestors a year ago at Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C.
2:03.4	Demonstrators protesting the police killing of George Floyd were brutally cleared from
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