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Accusing the government of deliberately frightening rioters and “turning the military against American citizens,” California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, filed an emergency movement to forestall President Donald Trump from additional the usage of the National Guard and Marines to quell the continued anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles.
Fiery riots and looting have overtaken a lot of Los Angeles over the past a number of days following a chain of ICE operations within the town. Despite the riots, Newsom mentioned that the government’s army reaction has been needless and that the protests are “largely nonviolent.”
Newsom and California Democratic Attorney General Rob Bonta filed the movement in a federal courtroom for the Northern District of California on Tuesday. The movement asks the courtroom to grant the state a short lived restraining order holding Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the Department of Defense from the “use of the military and the federalized National Guard to patrol communities or otherwise engage in general law enforcement activities,” which they are saying “creates imminent harm to State Sovereignty, deprives the State of vital resources, escalates tensions and promotes (rather than quells) civil unrest.”
In a Tuesday commentary, Newsom’s administrative center mentioned that the movement is charging the Trump management with violations of the U.S. Constitution and Title 10 authority, “not only because the takeover occurred without the consent or input of the Governor, as federal law requires, but also because it was unwarranted.”
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Accusing the government of deliberately frightening rioters and “turning the military against American citizens,” California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, filed an emergency movement to forestall President Donald Trump from additional the usage of the National Guard and Marines to quell the continued anti-ICE raids in Los Angeles. (AP Newsroom)
In the commentary, Newsom’s administrative center blamed the ICE brokers for the riots, pronouncing that their operations have been performed “without providing notification to law enforcement and engineered them to provoke community backlash.”
The subsequent a number of days noticed unrest and violent confrontations between anti-ICE rioters and legislation enforcement, whilst the Department of Homeland Security suggested California state leaders to “call off their rioting mob.”
A DHS commentary put out Saturday learn, “Last night, over 1,000 rioters surrounded a federal law enforcement building and assaulted ICE law enforcement officers, slashed tires, defaced buildings, and taxpayer-funded property. It took the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) 2 hours to respond.”
In reaction to the escalating chaos, Trump deployed hundreds of National Guard troops to Los Angeles. Later, he additionally ordered 700 U.S. Marines into the town to revive order.
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A protester puts particles in a hearth as Border Patrol team of workers in revolt equipment and fuel mask stand guard outdoor an business park in Paramount, Calif., on Saturday, Jun. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
The transfer has been met with intense pushback from Newsom and different California Democrats.
Newsom’s administrative center mentioned that despite the fact that “some violent and illegal incidents were reported,” the protests “were largely nonviolent and involved citizens exercising their First Amendment right to protest.”
The commentary claimed “the protests did not necessitate federal intervention, and local and state law enforcement have been able to control the situation, as in other recent instances of unrest.”
“The federal government is now turning the military against American citizens,” Newsom mentioned within the commentary.
The governor claimed that Trump’s “sending trained warfighters onto the streets is unprecedented and threatens the very core of our democracy.”
“Donald Trump is behaving like a tyrant, not a President,” mentioned Newsom.
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Protesters dangle up flags all over protests after a chain of immigration raids on Jun. 8, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. Tensions within the town stay top after the Trump management referred to as within the National Guard towards the desires of town leaders. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Newsom has sued the Trump management for deploying the army to Los Angeles. The lawsuit mentioned Trump “unlawfully bypassed” Newsom by way of striking National Guard troops beneath federal keep watch over with out the governor’s permission.
The California legal professional common, in the meantime, has claimed the president is “looking for any pretense to place military forces on American streets to intimidate and quiet those who disagree with him.”
“It’s not just immoral — it’s illegal and dangerous,” mentioned Bonta.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Trump management and the Department of Defense for remark however didn’t in an instant obtain a reaction.
Speaking with journalists on Tuesday, Trump warned his management is “not playing around.”
Trump added that he had referred to as California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday and criticized his dealing with of the riots.
“A day ago, I called him up to tell him got to do a better job. He’s done a bad job causing a lot of death and a lot of a lot of potential death,” Trump mentioned of Newsom.
POSSE COMITATUS ACT AT CENTER OF TRUMP-NEWSOM NATIONAL GUARD DISPUTE IN LA
Demonstrators protest outdoor a downtown prison in Los Angeles following two days of clashes with police all over a chain of immigration raids on Jun. 08, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. Tensions within the town stay top after the Trump management referred to as within the National Guard towards the desires of town leaders. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Trump introduced additional main points on his change with Newsom to Fox News’ John Roberts. Trump instructed Roberts that his first name to Newsom was once now not picked up, however that they did attach and discuss for 16 mins when he referred to as once more.
“I told him to, essentially, ‘get his ass in gear,’ and stop the riots, which were out of control,” Trump instructed Roberts.
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“If we didn’t send out the National Guard and last night, we gave him a little additional help. Los Angeles would be burning right now. Los Angeles would be not a lot different than what you saw take place in California, in Los Angeles just a little while ago,” Trump added in his commentary to journalists, relating to this 12 months’s wildfires.
Trump went on to explain the rioters as “animals,” and argued they’re paid agitators quite than actual protesters.
“They look in your face and they spit right in your face. They’re animals. And these are paid insurrectionists. These are paid troublemakers they’re agitators. They’re paid,” Trump mentioned. “These are paid insurrectionists or agitators or troublemakers. You can call it whatever you want. And we ended it, and we have in custody some very bad people, some very bad people.”
Fox News Digital’s Anders Hagstrom, Louis Casiano and Gabriel Hays contributed to this record.
