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Fred Onyango

Donald Trump backs down from his ‘hostile takeover’ of D.C. but still keeps his thumb on doing what is ‘necessary’

Donald Trump’s takeover of Washington DC hit a speed bump when DC AG Brian Schwalb filed a lawsuit on Aug. 15 against the administration, and that move has now forced them to retreat in what is being seen as a win for the District of Columbia. But only partially, because even in victory — DC still had to make significant concessions.

Schwalb went to court seeking a restraining order and tried his best to slow down the Trump takeover of DC. Mayor Muriel Bowser took to Twitter to question the rule, and DC police chief Pamela Smith also publicly questioned the Trump administration’s latest move of unilaterally taking over the police department and ordering that they couldn’t act without the White House’s permission.

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