California's governor indicated late Sunday his office plans to sue the Trump administration after the state's National Guard was deployed to confront protesters in Los Angeles.
"Donald Trump is putting fuel on this fire. Commandeering a state's National Guard without consulting the Governor of that state is illegal and immoral," wrote Gavin Newsom on X. "California will be taking him to court."
In a followup on Monday morning, Newsom said in a post that President Trump "illegally acted to federalize the National Guard," adding "we're suing him."
National Guard troops were sent to downtown Los Angeles Sunday amid a weekend marked by protests and at-time violent clashes between law enforcement and protesters. The unrest began following large-scale immigration enforcement operations