On Monday, US President Donald Trump announced that he was deploying National Guard troops to Washington, D.C. The US capital’s police force is also set to come under federal government management. President Trump says the aim is to deal with what he calls the city’s “wave of lawlessness.” Critics, however, point to statistics indicating violent crime is at its lowest in years. Washington is not part of a US state and has its own rules governing its security structures.
Chapter Breakdown
0:00 Trump’s contested decision to send in the National Guard to Washington, D.C.
2:26 Richard Painter, Professor of Corporate Law who served as George W. Bush’s Chief Ethics Lawyer, on why bringing federal troops to D.C. could be against US Posse Comitatus law
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