How in the world did D.C. get a WHITE AG??? That defies common sense. At least he's acting like a black pol and wants more crime.
Posted on 08/15/2025 2:16:10 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
“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
The District of Columbia on Friday morning sued the Trump administration over Attorney General Pam Bondi's appointment of an emergency commissioner for the city's police department.
The suit appeared inevitable since Bondi made the announcement Thursday afternoon, as part of President Trump's initiative to send federal agents to the nation's capitol to curb violent crime, and top D.C. officials challenged Bondi's move last night.
DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb said in the lawsuit that Trump is overreaching with his authority, The according to the Associated Press. Schwalb asked a judge to find that control of the Metropolitan Police Department remains under DC's authority and sought an emergency restraining order.
“The administration’s unlawful actions are an affront to the dignity and autonomy of the 700,000 Americans who call D.C. home. This is the gravest threat to Home Rule that the District has ever faced, and we are fighting to stop it,” Schwalb said.
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser and Schwalb late Thursday, calling the move "unlawful."
Bondi on Thursday night issued a directive that places the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Terry Cole, as D.C.'s “emergency police commissioner." The position will give Cole the same authority as Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith, who reports directly to Bowser.
Following Bondi's directive, Bowser posted on X late Thursday, "Let us be clear about what the law requires during a Presidential declared emergency: it requires the mayor of Washington, DC to provide the services of the Metropolitan Police Department for federal purposes at the request of the President. We have followed the law. In reference to the U.S. Attorney General’s order, there is no statute that conveys the District’s personnel..."
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Arrest the AG for insurrection.
Next thing you know, this “attorney general” will demand that all of the ICE, DEA, and even the National Guard deployed in DC be placed under the command and control of Ocrazio-Cortex and Bernard Sanders.
How in the world did D.C. get a WHITE AG??? That defies common sense. At least he's acting like a black pol and wants more crime.
they needed someone competent?
Judge just said the Feds can’t put someone else in charge of DC Police. The judge even agreed with the DC AG that the Fed takeover was meaningless. The Feds are rewriting their emergency takeover order to put teeth into it.
This is stupid.
The disfunctional Democrat municipal disaster needs to be ABOLISHED. Maryland can take them in since Baltimore is their model. Fedgov can keep the Federal parts.
““Bondi on Thursday night issued a directive that places the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Terry Cole, as D.C.’s “emergency police commissioner.””
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What part of “emergency” does the simple-minded DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb not understand?
“DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb said in the lawsuit that Trump is overreaching with his authority”
Yawn .... if Trump BREATHES, he’s overreaching his authority, said every leftist ever.
Fir every lawsuit filed by Democrats those cites should lose all Federal funding and they should be firced to pay back all costs involved.
They’re suing to remain a $hit hole.
“if Trump BREATHES, he’s overreaching his authority, said every leftist ever.”
same with holding his breath.
Since when does competence and ability count for anything in Big Dem Cities?
DC government should face it...you suck! You have always done so, you corruptocrat racists.
Just imagine what a mess this might be if D.C. became a state. Nobody would want to live, work, or even go there. Wouldn’t leave much to be done but nuke it from outer space.
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