Los Angeles, Donald Trump and Gavin Newsom
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Governor Gavin Newsom of California announced that his state plans to file a lawsuit early Monday against Donald Trump for mobilizing the National Guard over the weekend to quell immigration-related protests in Los Angeles.
The California governor blasted Trump amid the president’s deployment of National Guard troops to the Los Angeles area.
Gov. Gavin Newsom told MSNBC that he plans to file suit Monday against the Trump administration to roll back the National Guard deployment.
Newsom said Trump's presidential memorandum from Saturday night was not issued through the "governor of the State," arguing that is unlawful under federal law.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Trump called in the National Guard with the expectation that it would "hopefully prevent and deter some of this violence.”
In announcing the lawsuit, Attorney General Rob Bonta called the president's move to federalize the National Guard an "infringement" on state sovereignty.
Trump is "unhinged right now," Gov. Gavin Newsom said, accusing the president of making the situation in LA worse by federalizing National Guard troops.
Newsom said he believed the president was required to coordinate with the state’s governor before ordering such a deployment.
The lawsuit California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced is the 24th time California has sued the White House since Trump took office 19 weeks ago.
President Donald Trump has deployed California National Guard troops to Los Angeles to respond to immigration protests, over the objections of California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
The conflict between California Governor Gavin Newsom and Donald Trump over ICE raids in Los Angeles and the federalization of the National Guard has escalated today as the LAPD put the City of Angels on tactical alert over anti-deportation protests and resistance.
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