"California Governor Gavin Newsom has said that US President Donald Trump is sending 300 California National Guard members to Oregon, after a judge temporarily blocked his administration from deploying that state's guard to Portland, Oregon. Newsom, a Democrat, called the deployment on Sunday a breathtaking abuse of the law and power and pledged to fight the move in court."
"The commander-in-chief is using the US military as a political weapon against American citizens, Newsom said in the statement. We will take this fight to court, but the public cannot stay silent in the face of such reckless and authoritarian conduct by the president of the United States."
"A Trump-appointed federal judge in Oregon temporarily blocked the Trump administration's plan to deploy the Oregon National Guard in Portland to protect federal property amid protests on Saturday, after Trump called the city war-ravaged. US District Judge Karin Immergut, who was appointed by Trump during the president's first term, said the relatively small protests the city has seen did not justify the use of federalised forces and that allowing the deployment could harm Oregon's state sovereignty."
President Donald Trump ordered 300 California National Guard members to Oregon after a federal judge temporarily blocked deployment of that state's guard to Portland. Governor Gavin Newsom characterized the move as a breathtaking abuse of law and power and pledged legal action, saying the troops had been federalized months earlier and placed under presidential control following unrest in Los Angeles. There was no official announcement from Washington. US District Judge Karin Immergut found the relatively small protests did not justify federalized forces and warned that allowing the deployment could harm Oregon's state sovereignty and risk military intrusion into civil affairs.
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