Justice Department Steps In for Trump in George Floyd Protests Case

The department is moving to dismiss the case.
Justice Department Steps In for Trump in George Floyd Protests Case
President Donald Trump walks in Lafayette Park in Washington on June 1, 2020. The Justice Department has intervened on his behalf in a years-long legal battle over a clash between protesters and police that day. Patrick Semansky/AP Photo
Sam Dorman
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The Justice Department has intervened for former President Donald Trump, asking a federal court in Washington to dismiss a civil complaint brought over a clash between protestors and police that took place in the city following George Floyd’s death.

Black Lives Matter D.C. and others brought the original lawsuit in June 2020, just days after police used crowd control tactics in Lafayette Square before Trump was set to appear at a nearby church.

Sam Dorman
Sam Dorman
Washington Correspondent
Sam Dorman is a Washington correspondent covering courts and politics for The Epoch Times. You can follow him on X at @EpochofDorman.
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