Operator '&' is not supported for 'status' when emptying trash

[louisstephens]

So I went to revisit a project that I put on hold and was met with the following error when trying to trash a page "Operator '&' is not supported for 'status' in ../wire/core/PageFinder.php: 2211

else if(!$database->isOperator($operator)) {
   throw new PageFinderSyntaxException("Operator '$operator' is not supported for '$field'.");
}

I have searched through my templates just to make sure I didn't do anything screwy, but I have no clue why this error is being generated. I can individually delete an item from the trash, but I cant empty the entire trash.