President Donald Trump unlawfully took control of, and attempted to deploy, hundreds of National Guard troops to Portland against the wishes of state and local leaders, a federal judge has ruled.

On Friday, following an expedited three-day trial and a week of deliberation, U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut issued her 100-page final decision in favor of the state of Oregon and the city of Portland in their suit against Trump and the federal government.

Immergut, a Trump appointee, found that Trump’s justification for the attempted late September deployment — that protests outside of a Portland Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility since June constituted a “rebellion” against the federal government and significantly impeded its functions — is unfounded.

“[A]fter a three-

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