Authorities have arrested more than 100 people in Washington, D.C. since President Donald Trump took control of the city’s police force this week, a White House official tells TIME.

Trump’s federal intervention in the nation’s capital represents an unusual assertion of presidential authority under the D.C. Home Rule Act that has long afforded the city a greater degree of self-governance.

Sixty-six arrests took place over the first two nights of the operation, and 45 occurred Wednesday night. The White House official says that reasons for the latest arrests include a warrant for first and second degree assault, distribution of a controlled substance, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, carrying a concealed weapon, assaulting a federal officer, and undocumented immigrants w

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