Of the two claims that weren’t dismissed, the court first held the plaintiffs’ allegations sufficiently stated First Amendment claims against the D.C. and Arlington County law enforcement officers. According to the complaints, those officials used force to disperse “a crowd of peaceful protestors who were exercising their First Amendment rights.”
Yes, that stuck out for me too. PDJT had no control whatsoever over those agencies, and yet they fired the tear gas, for which Trump was blamed.