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President Donald Trump this week reignited his threat that the federal government will take over and “run” Washington, DC, after a former Department of Government Efficiency employee was assaulted in an attempted carjacking.

After those comments, CNN reported the Trump administration is making plans to ramp up federal law enforcement and deploy the National Guard in Washington, DC. Officers from ICE, FBI, National Guard, along with local Department of Homeland Security agents will be part of the federal law enforcement presence, a source told CNN.

But experts say Trump can’t unilaterally federalize DC, and that calling federal troops into the

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