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Former Attorney General Bill Barr slams Gov. Gavin Newsom’s lawsuit over Trump’s National Guard deployment, calling the claims ‘nonsense.'
A federal court on Thursday heard Gov. Gavin Newsom’s request for a temporary restraining order to curtail just what the federalized National Guard troops and Marines sent to California by the Trump administration can do. It’s unclear if U.S District Judge Charles R. Breyer would also rule on Thursday, June 12.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to file a lawsuit against the Trump administration early Monday morning over the president’s deployment of 300 National Guard troops to Los Angeles, even as the LAPD chief admitted Sunday his cops “are overwhelmed” by the violent anti-ICE riots taking over the city.
A judge attempted to block Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops, but Trump has more soldiers, and darker options
The temporary restraining order request alleges the deployment “escalates tensions and promotes (rather than quells) civil unrest.”
Gov. Gavin Newsom has filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump to stop the National Guard and Marines from aiding immigration raids in Los Angeles, amid ongoing state and federal immigration policy disputes in other Democratic-led states.