🚨 BREAKING: California AG Is Suing Trump Over ‘Unlawful’ National Guard Order
California Attorney General Rob Bonta said Monday he is suing the Trump administration for deploying hundreds of National Guard members to Los Angeles over the weekend, a move he called “unlawful.”
Bonta said President Donald Trump’s move to federalize 2,000 members of the state National Guard on Saturday in response to protests against the administration’s immigration actions was unnecessary and an “infringement” on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s authority.
The suit will seek a court finding that Trump’s order was illegal, he said.
“The president is trying to manufacture chaos and crisis on the ground for his own political ends. Federalizing the California National Guard is an abuse of the President’s authority under the law, and not one we take lightly. We’re asking a court to put a stop to the unlawful, unprecedented order,” Bonta said.
Bonta also argued that the move took crucial resources away from wildfire season, and that the administration “had trampled over our state’s sovereignty.”
He charged that the “protests had dissipated and streets were quiet” before the troops arrived on Sunday morning and “reignited” tensions.