March 14, 2024
Protesters suing federal officials over the forcible removal of racial justice demonstrators from Lafayette Square in June 2020 can amend their suits to add claims against the federal government and former President Donald Trump, a D.C. federal judge has ruled.
June 21, 2021
A D.C. federal judge on Monday tossed most of the claims in four overlapping lawsuits challenging federal agents' forcible removal of peaceful protesters in Lafayette Square near the White House last June to enable then-President Donald Trump's photo-op at the historic St. John's Episcopal Church.
May 28, 2021
A D.C. federal judge suggested Friday that there seemed to have been a "legitimate" national security concern over then-President Donald Trump's safety that justified federal agents' forcible removal of peaceful protesters in Lafayette Square near the White House last June ahead of Trump's photo-op at the historic St. John's Episcopal Church.
August 13, 2020
Attorney General William Barr has told a D.C. federal court that he's entitled to qualified immunity and cannot be held liable in a constitutional challenge lodged by Arnold & Porter and others over federal agents' forcible removal of peaceful protesters in Lafayette Square near the White House in June.
June 04, 2020
Arnold & Porter and the American Civil Liberties Union filed suit against President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr in D.C. federal court Thursday over federal agents' forcible removal of peaceful protesters in front of the White House on Monday night.