“Attorney General William Barr personally ordered law enforcement officials on the ground to extend the perimeter around Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C. to push back protesters just before President Trump spoke Monday,” the Washington Post reports.
Barr Personally Ordered Push Back of Protesters
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