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CNN Legal Analyst Confirms Trump’s Authority To Deploy Active Duty Troops To Minnesota

Legal analyst Elie Honig confirmed President Trump can invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy active-duty military amid Minnesota unrest involving 3,000 federal agents.

  • CNN Legal Analyst Elie Honig stated that President Donald Trump has broad authority to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 in Minnesota amidst unrest over immigration enforcement.
  • Honig explained that the Insurrection Act allows the president to deploy active-duty military forces to manage civil disorder and enforce federal law.
  • Critics, including Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey, have condemned the potential military deployment and aggressive immigration enforcement as unconstitutional.
  • The Pentagon has placed active-duty troops on standby for deployment to Minnesota amid increased tensions related to federal immigration enforcement.
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