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President Donald Trump needs Congress to keep control of DC police, experts say

Poynter · Gabrielle Lazor · last updated

After declaring a public safety emergency Aug. 11 in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump suggested that declaring a national emergency would let him bypass the law’s limits.

Trump invoked section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to temporarily gain control of the district’s police force. He activated 800 members of the National Guard, alongside FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration agents, to patrol the nation’s capital following the beating of a former Department of Government Efficiency employee in an Aug. 3 attempted carjacking.

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