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The company fired an executive this week who was allegedly caught on tape saying the company’s soup was “highly processed,” made for “poor people” and used lab-grown and 3-D printed chicken.

On Wednesday afternoon, there was a heavy law enforcement presence with yellow police tape closing off Farragut Square park and apparently a nearby Metro stop.

The food company has been at the center of a controversy in recent days after a former employee leaked a tape of the executive.

The tape also exposed strains between the U.S. and Europe over what was happening in Kyiv, with then-Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland expressing frustration at the European Union’s less activist role.

He knew he should probably seek a permit but didn’t want to get bogged down in red tape.