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Lauren Gambino in Los Angeles

‘On the brink of a dictatorship’: Democratic state attorneys general condemn Trump’s actions

A middle-aged woman speaks into a microphone.
‘No one put a crown on this guy’s head’: Delaware’s attorney general, Kathy Jennings, co-chair of the Democratic Attorneys General Association, on Tuesday. Photograph: Damian Dovarganes/AP

Several Democratic state attorneys general warned that the country was in the grip of a full-blown constitutional crisis, as they battle Donald Trump in court over actions they argue are lawless and in some cases brazenly unconstitutional.

“We are on the brink of a dictatorship, and America has never been in a more dangerous position than she is today,” Kris Mayes, the attorney general of Arizona, said at a press conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday.

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