2009, left, at President Obama’s first inauguration on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. 2017, right, the image of President Trump’s inauguration. (National Park Service)The National Park Service on Monday released hundreds of ground and aerial photographs that its staff shot of President Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration. [Trump pressured Park Service to find proof of his claims about inauguration crowd.] Photos taken by news outlets during the inauguration also showed a crowd size smaller than Obama’s during his first inauguration in 2009 — about two-thirds smaller, according to several estimates by experts. “What this does is validate the other photos that were out there in January,” said Dan Gross, who was in charge of crowd logistics for Obama’s 2013 inauguration.

Source: Washington Post March 07, 2017 01:45 UTC