Norton shielded the identity of the National Guard officer, whom she personally talked to, because he was not authorized to speak for the Guard, she told HuffPost on Monday. The District of Columbia delegate to the U.S. House told HuffPost: “The facts aren’t in question. We could all see that on TV.”The U.S. National Guard referred HuffPost to the D.C. National Guard for comment, but it did not respond to messages — nor did the Department of Justice. Barr on Sunday called it “one of the big lies” by the media that protesters in Washington were peaceful that day. White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Monday that the Trump administration had no regrets about the violent crackdown on peaceful protesters.

Source: Huffington Post June 09, 2020 04:30 UTC