Trump team’s order for new DC police chief prompts pushback from local leaders

Pam Bondi says DEA chief Terry Cole in charge of Metropolitan police amid White House crackdown on crimeWashington officials are pushing back against an order from US attorney general Pam Bondi late on Thursday that the federal government impose a new police chief on the nation’s capital.The Trump administration named the administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to be imposed as “emergency police commissioner” over Washington DC – a move that escalates federal control of the city but immediately was challenged by local leaders. Continue reading...

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