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Pam Bondi appoints DEA head as 'emergency' chief of the D.C. police
NBC Newsยท2025-08-15 15:44

The Trump administration further cementing its takeover of DC law enforcement last night by stripping decision-making authority from its police chief and handing it to the head of the DEA. Attorney General Pam Bondi naming Terry Cole as emergency police commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Department. That move coming just days after President Trump directed the federal government to take control of the local police and also deployed the National Guard.All the administration says in an effort to mitigate ...