Washington DC sues after Trump officials’ ‘hostile takeover’ of city police

Pam Bondi says DEA chief Terry Cole in charge of Metropolitan police amid White House crackdown on crime

Washington DC was seeking an emergency restraining order on Friday against Donald Trump’s takeover of its police department, dubbing it a “hostile takeover” of law enforcement in the nation’s capital.

The District of Columbia attorney general, Brian Schwalb, filed a lawsuit on Friday morning, hours after US attorney general Pam Bondi late on Thursday issued an order for the federal government to impose a new police chief on the city’s Metropolitan police department (MPD). .