Hey folks, Joyce Vance here.

Crete Barrara and I are back with a new episode of The Insider podcast.

We discuss President Trump's efforts to expand the National Guard's role in D.C. law enforcement.

Plus, Trump's threats to deploy troops to other major cities.

Then we break down two separate law enforcement assault cases out of D.C.

in which federal prosecutors fail to secure indictments before a grand jury. If you're a member of Cafe Insider, head to the

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Now, on to the show.

You look, com. Now, on to the show. Look, we have taken some solace in the idea that you have talked about in particular

over the last few weeks that D.C. is different. And there's a home rule statute,

and it's not its own state, and there are certain circumstances

in which, with a lower threshold that has to be shown, the President of the United States

and the federal government can do things to take over the police force and to federalize

the police and send in National Guard and other forces. And you and I have taken some solace from the fact that D.C. is special and all this language

and all this saber-rattling about sending similar federal troops and forces to Chicago or other cities

lies on less fertile legal ground.

Trump has been ratcheting up his commentary on that stuff.

He's getting into a political fight with the governor of Illinois, J.B. Pritzker. Now, there's no

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