How very, very convenient. The police not recording their activities.

The U.S. Park Police's radio communications system did not record any transmissions when the agency and other law enforcement officers dispersed a crowd of protestors gathered around Lafayette Square on June 1 ahead of President Trump's visit to a nearby church, the agency told The Washington Post.

The disclosure comes as the episode faces scrutiny from members of Congress and the internal watchdog for the Department of Interior. Park Police have previously acknowledged using smoke canisters and pepper balls to clear the group of largely peaceful protestors who gathered in the area following the death of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police.