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Trump 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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Following a judicial action by the local authorities of Washington DC, the North American administration refused to try to take control of the capital police.

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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]]>

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The U.S. Department of Justice has agreed to correct the order in order to take control of the Washington D.C. Police, so that the security force remains in its day-to-day state depending on the local authorities and not directly on the federal government. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi appointed on Thursday the director of the Drug Control Administration (DEA), Terry Cole, head of the capital police, in compliance with a directive by President…

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