Gov. JB Pritzker said Saturday state officials have not sent nor received requests from the federal government about offering assistance amid reports the Pentagon is planning a military deployment to Chicago that could send a few thousand National Guard troops as soon as September as part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to crack down on crime.

It follows Trump’s comments Friday about considering a federal intervention in Chicago similar to the nearly 2,000 National Guard troops he deployed recently in Washington, D.C., to address what his administration has described as a surge in violent crime despite D.C. officials reporting a decline in crime.

“There is no emergency that warrants the President of the United States federalizing the Illinois National Guard, deploying the National Gu

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