Trump, attorney general and Metropolitan Police Department
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Tension in the nation's capital escalated over the question of who controls the city's police department after Washington, D.C.'s Attorney General sued over the White House's bid for full control.
Washington DC's top attorney, Brian Schwalb, told reporters he expects the federal government to agree that the city police chief remains in charge of the department, at least for the coming days.
Washington, D.C., Attorney General Brian Schwalb (D) denounced the Trump administration’s move to federalize the city’s police force as “unprecedented, unnecessary, and unlawful.” Schwalb
It is my opinion that the Bondi order is unlawful, and that you are not legally obligated to follow it,” DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb wrote
Washington D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb joins Morning Joe to discuss the president's takeover of the D.C. Police Department.