April 1, 2023

President Donald Trump holds a Bible in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church after walking across Lafayette Park from the White House in Washington, DC on June 1, 2020.

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The Home Office watchdog claimed in a new report Tuesday that police forcibly evacuated protesters outside the White House last June to “allow a contractor” to install new fences and not allow then-President Donald Trump To stage a widely criticized photo op while swinging a Bible.

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