The roughly 300 National Guard troops still in Los Angeles will remain there despite a judge’s ruling that President Donald Trump violated federal law by deploying them in the first place, a U.S. attorney said Tuesday.
For one, Federal District Court Judge Charles Breyer, a Clinton appointee, did not order the withdrawal of the troops.
Second, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli said Breyer’s decision was “misleading”; the troops are already doing what the judge said they should be doing — guarding federal buildings and employees.
“The military will remain in Los Angeles. This is a false narrative and a misleading injunction. The military has never engaged in direct law enforcement operations here in LA. They protect our federal employees our properties [sic] so our federal agents can safely enforce federal laws in the face of the thugs being unleashed and encouraged by state and local politicians,” Essayli said in a post to X.
Breyer placed his injunction on hold for 10 days, The New York Times reported.
Breyer’s ruling comes after California sued. The state said the troops sent to Los Angeles over the summer violated federal law prohibiting military enforcement of domestic laws. The Trump administration argued the Posse Comitatus Act doesn’t apply because the troops were protecting federal officers, not enforcing laws. They say the troops were mobilized under an authority that allows the president to deploy them.
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