The attorney general for the US capital filed a lawsuit on Thursday seeking to end President Donald Trump's deployment of the National Guard to address crime in the city.

"Deploying the National Guard to engage in law enforcement is not only unnecessary and unwanted, but it is also dangerous and harmful to the District and its residents," Brian Schwalb said in a statement announcing the suit.

"No American city should have the US military -– particularly out-of-state military who are not accountable to the residents and untrained in local law enforcement -– policing its streets," Schwalb said.

"It's DC today but could be any other city tomorrow," he added. "We've filed this action to put an end to this illegal federal overreach."

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