US EditionTrump administration agrees to keep DC police chief in place, but with immigration enforcement order
Judge Ana Reyes ruled that the Justice Department must revise its order after legal challenges preserved local control of Washington, D.C. police amid a federal takeover attempt.
- Judge Ana Reyes on Friday ordered the DOJ to revise Attorney General Pam Bondi’s directive, with the department agreeing to amend the order and not appointing Terry Cole at this time.
- Amid President Trump’s crime emergency efforts, Bondi signed a memo directing D.C. police to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement, despite ongoing legal disputes.
- Facing a deadline, DOJ lawyers requested time to revise Bondi’s directive during Friday’s hearing after Reyes threatened a restraining order.
- Following the judge’s warning, DOJ lawyers agreed to revise Bondi’s directive, clarifying Terrance Cole will not be emergency police commissioner.
- Next week’s hearing could clarify the legal disputes over federal control of D.C. police and implications for immigration cooperation, Bondi signaled.
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The U.S. government wanted to use an emergency police president in Washington D.C. to maintain control of the local police. The city resisted - and now achieved at least a partial success.[more]]>
Trump's 'takeover' of Washington DC police to be 'scaled back' after agreement with White House
Under the agreement, Washington DC's Metropolitan Police will go back under the chairmanship of Pamela Smith, effectively removing Terry Cole, the top administrator for the Drug and Enforcement Administration (DEA)
By Hannah Rabinowitz, Shania Shelton, Gabe Cohen, Clay Voytek and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a new order Friday returning control of Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) to Chief Pamela Smith, but for now, the city has yet to answer to the Trump administration. The new order follows a federal court hearing on a challenge to the appointment of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Terrance Col…
The Department of Justice (DOJ) reversed this Friday in its plan to appoint a commissioner to head the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) of Washington, D.C., after a federal judge threatened to declare the measure illegal.Read more]]>
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