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D.C. sues Trump administration over National Guard deployment [View all]
The attorney general for the District of Columbia announced Thursday that the nation's capital is suing the Trump administration over the deployment of National Guard troops within the city's boundaries, alleging the violation amounts to an unconstitutional, "involuntary military occupation."
The suit alleges that President Trump "has run roughshod over a fundamental tenet of American democracy — that the military should not be involved in domestic law enforcement."
The lawsuit comes as Mr. Trump has declared the use of National Guard troops in D.C. a success, and voiced an interest in expanding his use of military assets to tackle crime in some of the nation's largest cities, including Chicago, Baltimore and New Orleans.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/d-c-sues-trump-administration-over-national-guard-deployment/ar-AA1LSXMG?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=7dfeda0934f5497ab7d29227b0135616&ei=18