The IG report does not prove that the Trump administration had nothing to do with the violent attack on protestors at Lafayette Park lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2021/06/the-ig…
There *is* good evidence in the report that the Park Police had decided in advance to clear the park to install a fence, but this isn't actually exonerating; it doesn't account for either the precise timing or the violent manner in which the dispersal was carried out
As @ryanlcooper observes, at 6:10 Bill Barr let the USPP know that he was disappointed that protestors would still be there when Trump did his photo op. How gullible do you have to be to think that the subsequent actions of the USPP were unrelated to that? theweek.com/donald-trump/1… 
That aside, the bigger problem is that the report didn't interview Barr, White House personnel, BOP personnel, or Secret Service personnel! Trump apologists are claiming the report provides definitive answers to questions it didn't even ask
It is perfectly reasonable to infer that the violent dispersal of Lafayette Park and the Trump photo-op (in which he praised the violent police removal of protestors!) that immediately followed are related, absent clear evidence otherwise. The IG report has no such evidence.
It's also quite a coincidence that although the Trump administration is totally innocent of any role in the attack on protestors at Lafayette Park, the Trump-nominated DHS inspector general blocked any investigation into the Secret Service's role: vox.com/2021/6/11/2252…
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