"On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb, who was appointed by former President Joe Biden, sided with District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb who had argued that the president undermined the city's autonomy, threatened public safety by stirring tensions between local residents and law enforcement and hurt the city's economy. "The Court finds that the District's exercise of sovereign powers within its jurisdiction is irreparably harmed by Defendants' actions in deploying the Guards," she wrote."
"Cobb put a pause on her order until Dec. 11 to allow the Trump administration time to appeal. In a statement, White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson asserted that Trump was well within his authority to send the Guard to D.C. "This lawsuit is nothing more than another attempt at the detriment of DC residents to undermine the President's highly successful operations to stop violent crime in DC," Jackson added."
A federal judge ordered an end to the monthslong National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C., finding the use of troops unlawful. The ruling is part of broader legal challenges to President Trump's deployments of troops to American cities to suppress protests or combat crime. A Tennessee judge temporarily blocked Guard mobilization in Memphis, and the Defense Department ordered troops to leave Chicago and Portland as courts stalled deployments. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb agreed with D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb that the deployments undermined the city's autonomy, threatened public safety, and harmed the city's economy. The court paused the order until Dec. 11 to allow an appeal. The White House contends the president acted within his authority.
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