WASHINGTON - D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith will remain in control of the Metropolitan Police Department after D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed a lawsuit Friday challenging what he called an unlawful attempt by the federal government to seize control of the city’s police force.

The suit targeted President Donald Trump and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi who named Terry Cole, the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, as Washington’s "emergency police commissioner" on Thursday.

This is a developing story. Previous reporting from FOX 5 DC below.

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Lawsuit filed

What they're saying:

"By declaring a hostile takeover of MPD, the Administration is abusing its limited, temporary a

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