Brian Schwalb

So it's across the board a horrible situation.

Now, Attorney General Brian Schwalb has challenged the, the whole concept of the National Guard in the district, saying they are do- performing a military function in a, in an area that's-

And hundreds of parents from over 40 DC schools signed a letter asking you and the council to take action.

You called the patrolling unacceptable, and you're holding a public hearing on November 5th, but what can the council do to stop it?

Well, and, and that's why Brian Schwalb is suing.

He's, he says this is a misuse of the National Guard, and it's in court now.

He said.

DC officials are asking an appeals court to order National Guard troops out of Washington.

Washington DC's Attorney General Brian Schwalb argues the deployment of National Guard troops last summer was illegal and is urging an appeals court to end it.

The United States military should not be policing the streets of American cities.

Three judges on the DC Court of Appeals are now considering if President Trump has the authority to keep National Guard troops deployed as part of an anti-crime initiative.

The deployment of the National Guard, when it happened last Sep- summer, was illegal, and it remains illegal today.

DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb is asking an appeals court to order the troops out of Washington.

It's a fundamental violation of one of our core principles in American democracy, that we do not have military doing the policing of local communities.

Lawyers for the Trump administration say the president has broad authority from Congress over National Guard use.