The Department of Justice is urging a federal judge not to grant California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s request to limit the president’s direction of National Guard troops amid riots in Los Angeles.
“In a crass political stunt endangering American lives, the governor of California seeks to use this court to stop the president of the United States from exercising his lawful statutory and constitutional power to ensure that federal personnel and facilities are protected,” department attorneys said in a June 11 filing.
