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.
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser and the city’s police chief traveled to Justice Department headquarters on Tuesday to meet with Attorney General Pam Bondi and other senior administration officials to discuss the temporary National Guard takeover in the nation’s capital.
The meeting came hours after President Donald Trump announced plans Monday to temporarily federalize law enforcement in the nation’s capital, both through deploying hundreds of D.C. National Guard troops, and taking control in the near-term of the city’s local police force.
Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Bowser said the sit-down was focused on coordination and strategy with the federal government.
« What I’m focused on is the federal surge and how to make the most of the additional officer support that we have », Bowser said. « We have the best in the business with [Metropolitan Police Chief] Pamela Smith to lead that effort, and to make sure that the men and women who are coming from federal law enforcement are being well-used, and that if there’s National Guard here they’re being well-used. »
The meeting with Bondi and other senior Trump officials, including FBI Director Kash Patel and U.
