1WASHINGTON, DC – District Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed a federal lawsuit Friday to block the Trump administration from assuming control of the city’s police department and installing an emergency commissioner.

The legal action follows an order Thursday night from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi appointing DEA Administrator Terry Cole to lead the Metropolitan Police Department under federal authority.

Schwalb said the takeover violates the Home Rule Act and endangers the safety and rights of the District’s 700,000 residents.

Filed in federal court, the lawsuit seeks an immediate restraining order to stop the administration’s actions, calling them unconstitutional and an overreach of temporary federal powers. The case was assigned to Judge Ana Reyes, a Biden appointee, with a he

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