They say politics makes for strange bedfellows — and they’re right. Then, too, so does litigation on occasion. This is one of those occasions.
While the Department of Justice does battle with former President Donald Trump on multiple fronts (see, e.g., Florida classified documents case, DC 2020 election case), it is actually stepping in to defend him on another front. Yes, you read that right.
You see, protesters who were pushed out of Lafayette Square by law enforcement in June 2020 while demonstrating over the death of George Floyd took issue with that, and several filed civil suits against the government and the former president, claiming their civil rights had been violated.
But, noting that Trump was acting within the scope of his federal office at the time he allegedly directed law enforcement to clear the park, the DOJ is now seeking to substitute itself as the proper…
