A federal law enforcement official was seen live on Australian television hitting an Australian reporter who covering the protests.
"Quite violent," Brace says as she tries to regain her composure during the broadcast.said she had directed her country's ambassador to the U.S. to investigate the incident and figure out how to register Australia's"strong concerns" with American officials in Washington.magazine first reported her push for an investigation.
"I understand that Channel 7 will make a formal police complaint asking to have the matter investigated," Sinodinos said in a statement Tuesday."We are in discussion with the State Department, and they have offered assistance to identify where the complaint should be targeted." The incident happened on Monday evening as federal officials moved to clear a park across from the White House, so that President Donald Trump could walk to a church across the street, where he posed for pictures with a Bible.
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