WASHINGTON (LOOTPRESS) – President Donald Trump announced Monday that he is deploying about 800 National Guard members to Washington, D.C., and placing the Metropolitan Police Department under federal control, citing a need to restore “law and order” in the nation’s capital.

Speaking from the White House alongside top administration officials, Trump said he is invoking Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act of 1973 to give Attorney General Pam Bondi direct control of the city’s police force. He also declared a public safety emergency and ordered the removal of homeless encampments.

“This is liberation day in D.C.,” Trump said. “We’re going to take our capital back.”

The president’s executive order states the takeover will continue until he determines conditions have been

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