Trump puts Washington, D.C., police under federal control, deploys National Guard
CNBC Televisionยท2025-08-11 15:45
Under the authorities vested in me as the president of the United States, I'm officially invoking section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. You know what that is. And placing the DC Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control.And you'll be meeting the people that will be directly involved with that. Uh very good people, but they're tough and uh they know what's happening. They've done it before.In addition, I'm deploying the National Guard to help reestablish law, order, and pub ...