Trump Seizes Control of D.C. Police Department: A Convicted Felon in Charge of the Cops
Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner
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🗓️ 18 August 2025
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump has ordered the deployment of National Guard soldiers to the streets of the District of Columbia, seized control of the DC Metropolitan Police Department, and said he was taking 120 FBI agents out of their current assignments and making them patrol the streets of DC. As the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Brian Schwalb said, as reported by The Hill, "DC attorney general: Trump's actions are 'unprecedented, unnecessary, and unlawful.'"
Glenn reviews the law governing Trump's actions, and discusses why his conduct is not only unlawful but also offensive, disrespectful, dangerous, and dictatorial.
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for Justice Matters with former federal prosecutor and legal analyst Glenn Kirshner. |
| 0:15.7 | Donald Trump has seized control of the police department in Washington, D.C. |
| 0:20.7 | Glenn discusses this next on Justice Matters. |
| 0:28.9 | Look around you. Comfort has replaced curiosity. |
| 0:32.4 | You know, that's how we ended up here with Trump back in power, |
| 0:35.5 | because everyone was too comfortable and too distracted by |
| 0:38.3 | TikTok, Amazon, and endless screens to even see it coming. |
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| 1:18.2 | it couldn't hoit. |
| 1:26.1 | Hey, all. Glenn Kirshner here. |
| 1:28.3 | So friends, with this latest move to try to take over the District of Columbia, Donald Trump |
| 1:36.3 | continues to try to destroy the institutions of government. |
| 1:41.3 | He disrespects and demeans the good people who work for those institutions, |
| 1:48.0 | and he endangers the people of the District of Columbia. Let's start with the new reporting. |
| 1:57.4 | This from CNN, headline, police and federal agencies scramble to figure out strategy after |
| 2:06.5 | Trump's move to declare D.C. emergency. And that article begins, the Metropolitan Police, |
| 2:14.9 | along with federal agencies tasked with helping curb crime in the |
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