Protesters and police in disarray amid anti-Trump demonstrations – Roll Call

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Protesters and police in disarray amid anti-Trump demonstrations

Protesters participate in the "Swarm the Senate" rally in the Hart Senate Office Building urging action to "impeach, remove, indict and jail" President Trump on Monday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

By Thomas McKinless

Posted January 6, 2020 at 5:08pm

Demonstrators protesting President Donald Trump and the prospect of war in Iran occupied the Hart Senate Office building Monday. Active protests are prohibited in the Senate office buildings, but demonstrators maintained that they would work within those limitations by not chanting or waving signs, occasionally invoking the ire of Capitol Police but not the handcuffs.

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