What authority, Senator? The President has constitutional authority in order. To support cite the provision of the Constitution. I'd have to pull up the specific provision, but Our Office of General Counsel, alongside our leadership, has reviewed and ensured in the order that we set out that it was completely constitutional for the President to use federal troops to defend federal law enforcement. Look, I'd like to know the specific constitutional statutory authority. The President made it clear that he relied on Section 12406 of Title 10 with regard to the National Guard troops. (1:42:36–1:42:52)
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