Washington sued Donald Trump on Friday over his attempted takeover of the U.S. capital city’s police force, escalating a power struggle between the U.S. president and the city’s leadership.

D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed a lawsuit challenging Trump’s attempt to take control of the district’s police force, hours after the Trump administration named Drug Enforcement Administration head Terry Cole as the “emergency police commissioner” in Washington with all the powers of a police chief.

Schwalb said the lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington, aims to get a ruling that Trump’s takeover of the city’s police department is illegal. A hearing is scheduled for 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT).

Abigail Jackson, a White House spokeswoman, said in a statement, “The Trump Administration has

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