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On Monday, authorities fired tear gas on peaceful protestors to clear Lafayette Park.

We FOIA’d multiple agencies for records to investigate who ordered the use of force on protestors in a public place.

americanoversight.org/document/foia-…
New reporting suggests Attorney General Bill Barr asked law enforcement to extend the perimeter around Lafayette Square by one block on Monday.

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We’re demanding @SecretService, @NatlParkService, and @DeptofDefense release all records reflecting any order to use force, including tear gas, concussion grenades, and rubber bullets, on protestors gathered in front of the White House on June 1.
We’re also seeking records sufficient to identify exactly which federal government official or officials ordered or directed the use of force.
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Last month, President Trump fired State Department Inspector General Steve Linick after Secretary Mike Pompeo pushed for the firing.

Linick’s congressional testimony on Wednesday raises further concerns about Pompeo’s conduct.

In closed-door testimony before the House Foreign Affairs and Oversight committees, Linick reportedly said that he told top Pompeo aides he was reviewing how the secretary and his wife used government resources.

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.@BuzzFeedNews reports DEA was granted authority to surveil & collect intelligence on people protesting George Floyd’s killing.

DOJ continues to use law enforcement agencies to do Trump’s bidding.

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New @nytimes reporting shows widespread difficulties in collecting coronavirus data.

We asked FEMA and HHS for a spreadsheet reportedly used to track the utilization of hospital beds, ICUs, and ventilators. Neither agency had the records.

nytimes.com/2020/06/03/us/…
HHS told us that FEMA was maintaining the list. Then FEMA said it also had no such records.

This is the response we received from the HHS: “The records you seek fall under the purview of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.”

americanoversight.org/document/rejec…
This is the response we got from FEMA, specifically from the National Response Coordination Center and the Office of Response and Recovery. It was “unable to locate or identify any responsive records.”

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