Secret Service says it used pepper spray on Lafayette Park demonstrators

The US Secret Service issued a statement Saturday saying an agency employee used pepper spray on June 1 during efforts to secure Lafayette Square and clear protesters from the area just prior to President Donald Trump’s controversial photo-op at a local church.

The US Secret Service issued a statement Saturday saying an agency employee used pepper spray on June 1 during efforts to secure Lafayette Square and clear protesters from the area just prior to President Donald Trump’s controversial photo-op at a local church.