Washington sues to block Trump’s federal takeover of its police department as crackdown intensifies
The head of the Washington Police Administration said that the Trump administration order proves a federal official as his president that would raise the leadership structure and be a “serious” threat to law and order. Police chief’s statement, Pamela Smith, came in a court file, as the city seeks to prevent the federal seizure of the police department in the court.
Washington’s Supreme Legal Officer sought an emergency regulation at the Federal Court, which prevents the Trump administration’s movement to put a federal official in charge of the police. Public Prosecutor of Colombia Brann Shawwal argues that the police acquisition is illegal and threatens to “expose operational ruins.”
The lawsuit comes after the US Prosecutor Bam Bondi said Thursday night that Terry Cole, head of the drug control department, will take over the duties of the police chief and the approval of any orders issued to the officers. It was not clear where the step was left from the city’s current police chief, Smith, who works for the mayor.
Shawwal says that the new thing goes beyond Trump’s authority and its implementation “will be sowed chaos” in the Capital Police Department. “The illegal administration’s actions are an insult to the dignity and independence of 700,000 Americans calling the capital home. This is the most threat to the ruling that the boycott has ever faced, and we are fighting to stop it.”
The Ministry of Justice refused to comment on the boycott case, and a White House spokesman did not immediately respond to the messages seeking to comment on Friday morning.
The police acquisition is the latest step from Trump to test the limits of his legal powers to implement his agenda, and to rely on mysterious laws and the supposed state of emergency to enhance his crime mission and his plans to accelerate the collective deportation of people in the United States illegally.
It also represents one of the most comprehensive assurances of the federal authority over a local government in the modern era. While Washington has stumbled with the nails in visual violence and homelessness, the city’s murder rate occupies the rank under many other major American cities, and the capital is not in the midst of public safety that the Trump administration depicted.
The president agreed to share immigration information
Shawwalb late on Thursday said that Bondi was “illegal”, on the pretext that the city police force could not be followed. He wrote in a note to Smith that “MPD members must continue to follow your orders and not orders of any official who was not appointed by the mayor,” as they established the legal clash between the intense democratic boycott and the republican administration.
The provincial prosecutor is elected and the best legal official in the city. He is separate from the US federal lawyer appointed by the president to serve in Washington, and is now the role of Fox News and his judge Janine Peru. Trump has also appointed Bondi as an American public lawyer, the best law enforcement official in the country.
Bondi’s direction came even after Smith told MPD officers hours before the information was shared with immigration agencies in relation to non -detained persons, such as a person involved in the traffic station or a checkpoint. The Ministry of Justice said that Bondi did not agree to direct the police chief because it allowed the continuation of the “sanctuary policies”, which generally limit cooperation through local law enforcement with federal immigration employees.
Bondi said it was canceling this system as well as other MPD policies that limit inquiries in the event of migration and prevent existing arrests only on federal immigration orders. The Prosecutor said that all new directives must now get approval from Cole.
Washington mayor Morel Boser returned on Thursday, as he wrote on social media that “there is no law that transmits the authority of the provincial staff to a federal official.”
The president has more power over the country’s capital than other cities, but the capital has chosen its mayor and the city council since the signing of the internal base law in 1973.
Trump is the first president to exercise control of the city’s police force since his approval. The law that controls 30 days is limited without the approval of congress, although Trump suggested that he would seek to extend it. Shawwal says that the president’s role is narrow under the law, limited to the mayor’s demand to provide police services for federal purposes.
The population sees an important offer for power
The population has already started from the days of decline in seeing more important offers for power throughout the city. The National Guard forces have seen some of the most famous landmarks in the world, and Humfiz took a position in front of the crowded major train station. Help the volunteers who have no shelter to leave long-term camps to as it was often unclear.
The police of the Ministry of Internal Security stood outside the National Park during a match on Thursday between the citizens of Washington and Viladelphia Velez. The Anti -Narcotics Administration agents patrolled in the Warf region, a famous nightlife area, while the secret service officers were seen in the lower fog.
Her office said that Bousser, who is walking on a tight rope between the Republican House and the circle of its democratic city, was largely outside the city on Thursday for the family’s commitment to Karam Martha, but will return on Friday.
The rise in the vision of federal forces across the city, including many high crossing areas, was amazing for residents who go to their lives. Trump has the authority to assume federal law for 30 days before his actions were reviewed by Congress, although he said he would re -evaluate it with the approaching deadline.
The officers established a checkpoint in one of the famous night life areas in the capital, and they drew protests. The Pentagon said that the forces were stationed outside the transportation center at Al -Ittihad station, where 800 guard members who were activated by Trump began in tasks that include souvenirs, community safety patrols and beauty efforts.
Major Mika Maxwell said that the forces will help the law enforce the law in a variety of roles, including traffic monitoring sites and crowd control. Maxwell said that members of the guards were trained in escalating tactics and crowd control equipment.
The National Guard forces are a semi -regular presence in the capital, and they are usually used during collective general events, such as the annual celebration on July 4. It has been used regularly in the past to control the crowds in and around the metro stations.
2025-08-15 19:29:00
