D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb (D) filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump on Friday after the administration placed the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) over the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).

Trump on Monday federalized the Washington, D.C., police department and ordered the deployment of National Guard troops in the capital city.

Washington, D.C., Attorney General Brian Schwalb on Friday filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for stripping power from the District of Columbia’s police department. The Justice Department on Thursday appointed an “emergency police commissioner” to oversee the Metropolitan Police Department amid President Donald Trump’s temporary federal takeover of the nation’s capital to reduce crime,