Rob Bonta: “The governor had the National Guards people doing important…”

“He's treating them as political pawns. And they're sitting on federal buildings, they're sleeping over each other. They're not having appropriate support. They should be doing other things. They were doing other things. The governor had the National Guards people doing important things, fighting fentanyl and wildfires. And they were brought to LA as a political stunt, unfortunately. But we're aware of that possibility. It might be that by the time of the preliminary injunction hearing, there's no National Guards people or Marines on the streets of la.” (36:05–36:11)

This is an excerpt from a raw transcript. The assertions have not been audited or verified. Tap the video to view the source footage and understand the context.