Barr Says Police Didn’t Use Chemical Irritants To Clear Area By DC Church. They Did.

“There were not chemical irritants” used to clear a crowd. Pepper balls are “not a chemical irritant.”

— Attorney General William Barr in a June 7 interview on CBS News’ “Face the Nation”

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This story can be republished for free (details). On a Sunday morning news show, U.S. Attorney General William Barr said federal officers used no chemical irritants to disperse a crowd of people near a Washington, D.C., church President Donald