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, states that the administration's actions under Section 740 of the Home Rule Act "[do] not authorize this brazen usurpation of the District’s authority over its own government.""That narrow statute permits the President and his delegee to request that the Mayor provid...
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