Pentagon official says Esper and Milley were not aware of Trump church photo op plan
A senior Defense official said Tuesday that Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and the nation's highest-ranking military officer did not intend to participate in President Donald Trump's photo-op in front of St. John's Church, which had been set on fire by protesters the night before.
President Donald Trump walks with US Attorney General William Barr , US Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper , Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark A. Milley , and others from the White House to visit St. John's Church after the area was cleared of people protesting the death of George Floyd June 1, 2020, in Washington, DC.
"They were not aware that the Park Police and law enforcement had made a decision to clear the square. And once they began that walk off the White House grounds with the president, their understanding was that they were going out of the White House to go into a Lafayette Park to review the efforts to do address the protests," the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity added.
if states failed to quell demonstrations, riot police forcibly cleared protesters out of Lafayette Square, a public park in front of the president's residence.
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