President Trump ordered 300 California National Guard members to Oregon Sunday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Three hundred California National Guard members are on their way to Oregon on President Trump’s orders after a judge blocked his deployment of the Oregon National Guard to Portland, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Sunday.
The California governor is planning to sue over the deployment, Newsom said in a statement .
“This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power,” he said.
CNN has reached out to the California National Guard and White House for comment.
A judge granted a temporary restraining order Saturday blocking Trump from sending the Oregon National Guard to the state’s largest city. The Trump administration said it wou