House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James R. Comer canceled a scheduled hearing aimed at examining the local response to a pro-Palestinian encampment at George Washington University after police cleared the area early Wednesday.
The hearing, which was slated for Wednesday afternoon, was announced last week after reports that District of Columbia police defied calls from school administrators to disperse protesters. The GW encampment is one of dozens erected in the last month to protest the war between Israel and Hamas.
Comer, R-Ky., issued a statement Wednesday announcing the cancellation and citing a “good conversation” he’d had that morning with Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser.
