Judge Hannah C. Dugan was arrested in April and accused of impeding immigration agents who were seeking an undocumented man. A federal judge rejected her claims of immunity.
The president wants to prosecute protesters who desecrate the American flag, but his order concedes that such protests are typically covered by the First Amendment.
Edward R. Martin Jr.’s conduct is part of a pattern in which top administration officials try to use the vast powers of the government to cast the specter of criminality on President Trump’s enemies.
Edward R. Martin Jr. has said that if he is unable to successfully obtain indictments against the targets of his inquiries, he will name and shame them.
Republicans in Congress managed to recess for the summer without voting on the issue, but it has continued to dog them and awaits them when they return.
After a judge threatened to block an order federalizing Washington’s police, the Justice Department issued a new directive leaving the city’s police chief in charge, for now.
The attorney general cleared the way for the police to aid in immigration enforcement and named an “emergency” commissioner, setting the stage for a conflict with local authorities.
Troops appeared near the Washington Monument on Tuesday evening. But it remained unclear whether the eventual show of force would match the president’s apocalyptic rhetoric.
Muriel Bowser, the mayor of Washington, during a news conference on Monday. Ms. Bowser met with Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday to talk about President Trump’s takeover of the city’s police force.
The president has railed against crime in urban, largely liberal cities for decades, but Monday’s announcement was an extraordinary exertion of federal power over an American city.
“Our capital city has been overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of wild youth, drugged-out maniacs and homeless people,” President Trump claimed on Monday, despite falling crime in Washington.
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