#DCAG Brian Schwalb sued the #Trump admin challenging the #NationalGuard deployments. He asked the judge to bar the White House from deploying Guard troops without the mayor’s consent.

Cobb found that the president only has the power to call up the Guard “through the exercise of a specific power outlined in state law,” not for “whatever reason” he sees fit.

#law #PosseComitatusAct #Constitution

#DCAG Schwalb said that #Trump’s assertion of total control & #PamBondi’s attempt to rewrite #MPD policy are entirely outside of the bounds of temporarily using local law enforcement for a “federal purpose." He also argued that the actions violated the District clause of the #Constitution, which gives #Congress ultimate #authority & #oversight of the capital & its laws, & Congress’s #HomeRule Act intended to narrowly limit the president’s authority & gave the mayor authority over #police.

#law

#New #Update

Judge: #DC #PoliceChief remains in command, but #Trump can likely demand help on #immigration

Mayor #MurielBowser & #DCAG Brian Schwalb said the order by Attorney General #PamBondi was unlawful & suggested they would not comply.

A federal judge convinced the #DOJ to walk back Trump’s efforts to assert #control over the DC #police & signaled that she would issue a temporary restraining order [#TRO] if the changes are not complete by Friday evening.

#law #MilitaryState #TrumpCoup2

#DCAG Schwalb argues the new order goes beyond #Trump’s authority & implementing it would “sow chaos” in the #MPD. “The administration’s unlawful actions are an affront to the dignity & autonomy of the 700,000 Americans who call #DC home. This is the gravest threat to #HomeRule that the District has ever faced, & we are fighting to stop it,” Schwalb said.

#law #MilitaryState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #coup #TrumpCoup2 #DC #PamBondi #MurielBowser

#Washington’s top legal official [#DCAG] sought an emergency restraining order in federal court blocking the move. DCAG Brian Schwalb argues the #police #takeover is illegal & threatens to “wreak operational havoc.”

The lawsuit comes after US AG #PamBondi said Thurs night that #DEA boss Terry Cole will assume the police chief’s duties & approval authority for any orders issued to officers.

#law #MilitaryState #Trump #DC #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #coup #TrumpCoup2

#DCAG Schwalb sent a letter to #DC #Police Chief Pamela A. Smith Thursday evening informing her that the “Bondi Order is unlawful,” & “you are not legally obligated to follow it.”

The pushback sets up a major power clash in entirely untested territory as DC clings to its limited home rule—granted under the 1973 #HomeRule Act—& the #Trump admin seeks to expand its control of law enforcement under the stated premise of a *crime emergency*, at a time when violent crime is at 30-year lows.

#law

#Update

#DC Mayor & #DCAG reject push by #Trump & USAG #PamBondi to name *emergency* #PoliceCommissioner

DC Mayor #MurielBowser (D) & DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb…called the order #unlawful & suggested they will not comply—the first majorpushback since Trump exerted control over the #police in an #ExecutiveOrder issued Monday.

#law #MilitaryState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #Gestapo #coup #TrumpCoup2
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/14/bondi-police-chief-dc-cole/