The D.C. AG tipped his hand with a legal opinion advising local police that AG Pam Bondi's order was "unlawful" and not to be followed. Now there's a lawsuit. The post 'This is the gravest threat': DC AG sues Trump and Pam Bondi for 'brazenly unlawful' takeover just hours after telling police chief to ignore US attorney general first appeared on Law & Crime.

Washington, D.C., sued the Trump administration Friday, alleging the president overstepped his authority in a takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department—legal action that comes a day after the Trump administration attempted to effectively replace D.C.’s police commissioner with a federal official.

D.C. District judge Ana Reyes has scheduled an emergency hearing for 2 p.m. Friday on D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb's request for a restraining order against U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi's directive assuming control over the Metropolitan Police Department.

The fallout from Trump's federal takeover of the police force in D.C. continues. Bondi's latest move prompts backlash.

The meeting came after Trump on Monday announced plans to use a 1973 D.C. Home Rule Act provision to send National Guard troops to D.C. and temporarily federalize the city.