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Jeff Sessions praises Trump as 'a strongman' and 'a defender of the faith' for church photo-op that involved tear-gassing peaceful protesters
Sessions mocked criticism of Trump's church photo-op: "The Episcopal bishops said: 'Ohhh! Horrible!…
Jake Lahut
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Top US general says he was wrong to take part in Trump's church photo op
"I should not have been there," Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said Thursda…
Ryan Pickrell
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US military general reportedly considered resigning after blowback from Trump's controversial church photo op
US Army Gen. Mark Milley later apologized and said he "should not have been there" during Trump's t…
David Choi
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Trump retweeted a letter describing peaceful protesters tear-gassed for his church photo-op as 'terrorists'
"They are terrorists using idle hate filled students to burn and destroy," Trump's ex-attorney John…
Tom Porter
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'I wish you the best': US military adviser resigns after Trump's controversial photo op at church
"You may not have been able to stop President Trump from directing this appalling use of force, but…
David Choi
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Episcopal bishop of DC 'outraged' after Trump hosted a photo-op outside of one of her churches holding a Bible, calling it an 'abuse of sacred symbols'
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde called the photo-op an "abuse of sacred symbols" to hold a Bible and pose …
Lauren Frias
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'They turned holy ground into a battle ground': Clergy members say police expelled them from the grounds of St. John's Episcopal Church for Trump's photo op
"I am shaken, not so much by the taste of tear gas...but by the fact that that show of force was fo…
Grace Panetta
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'I don't know. I wasn't there': Most GOP Senators decline to condemn law enforcement tear-gassing peaceful protesters for Trump's church photo op
Two GOP Senators both told NBC that they couldn't stop to comment on the matter because they were "…
Grace Panetta
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'That's just not right': Navy SEAL who oversaw bin Laden raid speaks out against Trump clearing protesters for church photo op
'There is nothing morally right about that,' Retired US Navy Admiral William McRaven said of what h…
Ryan Pickrell
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Trump reportedly demanded his church photo op because he didn't like being mocked for hiding from protests in a bunker
President Donald Trump wanted to appear outside the White House as a show of strength, reports said…
Tom Porter
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A Bible signed by Donald Trump days after his St. John's Church photo-op is for sale for $37,500. The seller calls Trump's actions 'revolting.'
In June, Trump made waves for clearing protesters in order to have a photo taken of him holding a d…
Isabella Jibilian
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Black Lives Matter and the ACLU are suing the Trump administration for forcing peaceful protesters out of his way with tear gas before his church photo op
Civil rights groups say the removal of protesters in Washington, DC's Lafayette Square was a violat…
Sinéad Baker
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Police forcefully removed protesters from Lafayette Square so Trump could pose in front of a church. White House officials say the photo op was Ivanka's idea.
Chief of Staff Mark Meadows told a senior staff meeting that the church photo op was actually Ivank…
Canela López
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White House press secretary compares Trump's photo-op outside St. John's Church to Churchill's bunker visits during WWII and Bush's first pitch after 9/11
To facilitate the photo-op, law enforcement violently dispelled peaceful protesters outside the Whi…
Eliza Relman
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Following his photo op at a church Tuesday night, DC residents protested Trump's visit to the John Paul II shrine: 'Don't use God as a prop'
About 200 people gathered near Catholic University in Northeast Washington, DC, Tuesday morning to …
Ashley Gold
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Law enforcement did not clear protesters from Lafayette Park for a Trump photo op, Interior Department watchdog concludes
The Secret Service and US Park Police had already planned to clear the area to install anti-scale f…
Grace Panetta
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Gen. Mark Milley said there were talks about court-martialing former military officers who wrote 'very critical' op-eds of Trump
Several retired military officers criticized Trump during his presidency, which Milley said sparked…
Kelsey Vlamis
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An attorney for DC police said the agency used 'tear gas' in Lafayette Square Park ahead of Trump's bible photo-op: report
Previously, DC police have maintained they were "not involved in the unscheduled movement of the pr…
Connor Perrett
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Police used tear gas to clear protesters from Lafayette park so Trump could take a photo at St. John's Church
Police officers used tear gas on a peaceful protest so US President Donald Trump could walk to the …
Charles Davis
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Gen. Mark Milley fumed that he was 'fucking done with this shit' after Trump used him to stage a photo op during George Floyd protests: book
Defense Secretary Mark Esper reportedly said they'd been "duped," and Colin Powell called Trump "a …