White House condemns charges against couple who displayed guns during protest

Donald Trump believes St Louis’s top prosecutor committed an “egregious abuse of power” in charging a couple who displayed guns during a protest against racial injustice last month outside their mansion, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany has said.

Ms McEnany appeared on Fox News and was asked about St Louis circuit attorney Kim Gardner’s decision to file felony unlawful use of a weapon charges against Mark and Patricia McCloskey. The white couple in their early 60s are both lawyers.

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