The D.C. attorney general on Friday sued the Trump administration over its federal takeover of the D.C. police force and its deployment of national guard troops into the city, arguing that the effort is "unlawful" and exceeds Trump's authority as commander in chief. The lawsuit, filed Friday by D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb, challenges Trump's executive order to temporarily federalize D.C. under Section 740 of the D.C. Home Rule Act, and Attorney General Pam Bondi's more recent order Thursday that seeks to install the DEA head as the emergency commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Forc...
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