Judge rules Trump administration broke law in deploying National Guard soldiers to LA this summer (copy)

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that President Donald Trump's administration “willfully” broke federal law by sending National Guard troops to the Los Angeles area in early June after days of protests over immigration raids.

In the 52-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco noted Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have stated their intention to deploy National Guard troops to other cities across the country, including Oakland and San Francisco, and that raises concerns they are “creating a national police force with the President as its chief.”