And the authority is limited to 48 hours unless the President sends notice to the congressional committees on D.C. justifying the action, at which point the authority is limited to 30 days. Trump has said he sent that notice this morning. This section's never been invoked before, but it is explicit, unequivocal statutory authority to do what he did. (12:32–12:35)
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Claims Trump sent a notice to Congress regarding the use of authority over D.C. police.
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