WASHINGTON — The attorney general of Washington, D.C., sued President Donald Trump and members of his administration, accusing them of overstepping their authority when taking federal control of the city’s law enforcement earlier this week.

In the 33-page lawsuit filed on Friday, D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb accused Trump and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi of appointing people to certain positions that usurp the control of local law enforcement officials. Those appointments, the lawsuit alleges, go beyond what Section 740 allows, referring to the statute in the D.C. Home Rule Act that Trump used to take federal control of the police department.

“By declaring a hostile takeover of MPD, the Administration is abusing its limited, temporary authority under the Home Rule Act, infring

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