… Metropolitan Police Force when it's determined that special conditions of an emergency nature exist for federal purposes for a period not to exceed 30 days unless further extended by Congress. President Trump has lawfully exercised this law. On August 11, President Trump issued a memorandum directing the Secretary of Defense to mobilize the D.C. national Guard. (03:46–03:49)
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Asserts that President Trump lawfully exercised the law regarding the mobilization of the D.C. National Guard.
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