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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward and Rachel Dobkin

Pam Bondi returns control to DC police chief after city sued Trump over ‘hostile takeover’

Attorney General Pam Bondi has returned control of the D.C. police to its chief after the city sued President Donald Trump over his “hostile takeover.”

Bondi on Thursday ordered Chief Pamela A. Smith to be replaced with Terry Cole, who is the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, as the city’s “emergency police commissioner.” She also suspended D.C. policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities.

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