Principal Robert Rowe of Covington Catholic High School in Kentucky said in a letter to parents last night (January 21st) that an "independent third-party investigator" will look into last Friday's incident involving students from the school and a Native American man at the Lincoln Memorial that sparked nationwide controversy. He wrote: "The incident that took place at the March for Life in Washington, D.C. is being fully investigated by an independent third-party investigator. Based upon and following an investigation, we will be taking the appropriate action regarding this matter." The school and the Covington diocese had initially condemned the behavior of the students, who were in D.C. for the anti-abortion March for Life, after video that went viral Saturday showed a student, who later identified himself as Nick Sandmann, steadily staring and smiling at an elderly Native American man who was singing and drumming inches away right in front of him as his schoolmates laughed and chanted. But video from before the incident that surfaced later, showing that a small group of members of the Black Israelites religious group had been taunting and cursing the students, who were doing loud school chants in return, and that the Native American man, Nathan Phillips, had walked between the two groups drumming and chanting, led to questions about whether the initial take was wrong. Both Phillips and Sandmann have said the actions they took were to try to reduce tensions. Meanwhile, President Trump tweeted support last night for the Covington students, many of whom had been wearing his Make America Great Again hats. Trump said: "Looking like Nick Sandman & Covington Catholic students were treated unfairly with early judgments proving out to be false - smeared by media. Not good, but making big comeback!"