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(NewsNation) — Washington, D.C., is suing the Trump medication successful an effort to artifact the "unlawful deployment of National Guard troops" successful the district, D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb said Thursday.
The nation's superior "did not petition oregon consent to the deployment of National Guard troops," Schwalb said. "Yet determination are 2,300 National Guardsmen connected our streets successful subject gear, carrying weapons, and driving armored vehicles. Their deployment to DC violates the Home Rule Act enacted by Congress 52 years ago."
Troops person been connected the streets of the nation’s superior since Aug. 12, arsenic portion of President Donald Trump’s national crackdown connected transgression that included taking power of the district's constabulary unit and its National Guard for 30 days.
Troops are expected to to person their military orders extended done the bulk of 2025, a defence authoritative confirmed to NewsNation connected Wednesday.
