California sues Trump over activating state National Guard for LA protests
President Trump is "putting fuel on this fire, ever since he announced he was taking over the National Guard — an illegal act, an immoral act, an unconstitutional act," California Gov. Gavin Newsom said.
California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom sued the Trump administration on Monday over President Trump's deployment of the state's National Guard, after a violent night of protests over federal immigration-enforcement sweeps.
According to the lawsuit, Trump overstepped his authority by calling the National Guard despite Newsom's protest, invoking a law that lets the president to do so under threat from a foreign “invasion” or “rebellion” against the U.S. government, The Washington Post reported.
“Let me be clear: There is no invasion. There is no rebellion,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) said in a statement on Monday. “The President is trying to manufacture chaos and crisis on the ground for his own political ends.”
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