(CNN) — 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 would appeal the ruling.
The decision by United States District Judge Karin Immergut – a Trump appointee – said the president appeared to have