(Just The News)—The District of Columbia on Friday morning sued the Trump administration over Attorney General Pam Bondi’s appointment of an emergency commissioner for the city’s police department.
The suit appeared inevitable since Bondi made the announcement Thursday afternoon, as part of President Trump’s initiative to send federal agents to the nation’s capitol to curb violent crime, and top D.C. officials challenged Bondi’s move last night.
DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb said in the lawsuit that Trump is overreaching with his authority, The according to the Associated Press. Schwalb asked a judge to find that control of the Metropolitan Police Department remains under DC’s authority and sought an emergency restraining order.
“The administration’s unlawful actions are an affront to the dignity and autonomy of the 700,000 Americans who call D.C. home. This is the gravest threat to Home Rule that the District has ever faced, and we are fighting to stop it,” Schwalb said.
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser and Schwalb late Thursday, calling the move “unlawful.”
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