DC Mayor SUES Trump Administration for UNLAWFUL Takeover of Police Department
Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner
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🗓️ 21 August 2025
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump has unlawfully and unconstitutionally attempted to seize complete control of the Washington DC Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). And Pam Bondi has tried to push the highly-regarded MPD Chief of Police Pamela Smith out of her job and install a Trump flunky named Terry Cole. Is it any surprise that the Trump administration is trying to push out a black female police chief and install a mediocre white guy?
Glenn reviews this recent legal development and reviews the applicable law, showing that Trump's conduct is unlawful.
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for Justice Matters with former federal prosecutor and legal analyst Glenn Kirshman. |
| 0:15.6 | D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is suing the Trump administration for taking over the Metropolitan Police Department. |
| 0:22.8 | Glenn discusses this next on Justice Matters. |
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| 1:02.4 | Hey all. |
| 1:03.6 | Glenn Kirshner here. |
| 1:05.1 | Well, friends, it took a few days, but the leadership of the D.C. city government, |
| 1:14.1 | Mayor Muriel Bowser and D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwab are fighting back. They have sued the Trump administration for what is obviously |
| 1:23.6 | unlawful and unconstitutional conduct. an attempted complete takeover of the city's police department, |
| 1:32.3 | the local police department, MPD. |
| 1:36.3 | You know, friends, will you indulge me a quick personal observation? |
| 1:41.3 | You see that plaque over my left shoulder. I am probably as proud of that plaque as I am of any |
| 1:50.3 | plaque or award I was given in my 30 years as a prosecutor. The men and women of the Washington, |
| 1:58.4 | D.C. Homicide Branch of the Metropolitan Police Department gave me |
| 2:04.9 | that plaque. They call it the big boy plaque. And the men and women of MPD's homicide branch, |
| 2:13.8 | in a very real sense, speak for the dead. They investigate homicides, murders in Washington, |
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