Pam Bondi returns control to DC police chief
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Attorney General Pam Bondi rescinded several DC police executive orders Thursday that restricted officers from arresting illegal migrants – vowing that the nation’s capital will not be a sanctuary jurisdiction under President Trump.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi says President Donald Trump's order to crack down on crime in Washington, D.C. is 'crystal clear,' as critics claim the capital's crime is down.
The meeting came after Trump on Monday announced plans to use a 1973 D.C. Home Rule Act provision to send National Guard troops to D.C. and temporarily federalize the city.
AG Pam Bondi has backed off her initial order to take over DC police, following pushback from Democratic lawmakers and DC residents. Meanwhile, President Trump continues his threats to go after other democratically run cities.
He’s spent more than 31 years as a law enforcement officer, including 22 at the DEA. At the agency, he worked in Oklahoma, New York and Washington. He spent time overseas in Colombia, Afghanistan and the Middle East. The agency said he fought drug cartels and transnational criminal organizations.
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Pam Bondi fires man accused of throwing sandwich at federal agent during Trump DC intervention
WASHINGTON (AP) — A man charged with a felony for hurling a sandwich at a federal law-enforcement official in the nation’s capital has been fired from his job at the Justice Department, Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a social media post Thursday.
A federal judge on Friday considered placing a temporary restraining order against the Trump administration's takeover of Washington D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department.
In a day of policy whiplash, D.C.’s police chief approves limited assistance in federal immigration enforcement, but Trump’s attorney general says a harder line is needed.