“On federal police action against protesters on Lafayette Square: "It's my understanding that no tear gas was used on Monday, June 1.”
William Barr
U.S. Attorney General. House Judiciary Committee hearing. Claim dated 28 Jul 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisMisleading
What PolitiFact found
The U.S. Park Police said officers used products that contain the chemical irritant pelargonic acid vanillylamide, or PAVA, which closely matches the CDC’s description of tear gas.
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In short
William Barr (U.S. Attorney General) made this claim around 28 July 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 29 July 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
William Barr has 8 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 5 of them false or fake, 3 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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