U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, heard arguments Friday on District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb 's request for an order that would remove more than 2,000 Guard members from Washington streets. She did not rule from the bench.

In August, President Donald Trump issued an executive order declaring a crime emergency in the district — though the Department of Justice itself says violent crime there is at a 30-year low .

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Within a month, more than 2,300 Guard troops from eight states and the district were patrolling under the Army secretary's command. Trump also deployed hundreds of federal agents to assist them.

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