A federal judge ruled on Thursday that former US president Donald Trump acted unlawfully by sending hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, DC to boost domestic security, a move that lasted for several months in the US capital.

District Judge Jia Cobb determined that the White House's decision to intervene under the excuse of a crime was incompatible with the Constitution and exceeded political authority. The president may only organize the National Guard when there is a particular legal basis for current regulations, no for indefinite or arbitrary reasons, according to the decision.

A large and questioned rollout

Trump declared a state of emergency in August for violent behavior in Washington and ordered the deployment of more than 2,300 National Guard personnel from the District of Columbia and eight more claims. The Secretary of the Army gave the soldiers their orders, in cooperation with federal providers dispatched to promote inspections in the area.

The deployment sparked tensions between the regional administration and the federal government.

The District of Columbia's Attorney General, Brian Schwalb, filed a lawsuit demanding that the White House be prohibited from mobilizing troops without authorization from the mayor's office. Schwalb's office alleged that federal forces were acting as military police, interfering with the work of civilian law enforcement agencies and undermining local authority: "Every day this illegal incursion continues, the District suffers damage to its sovereign authority to conduct local law enforcement as it sees fit," the attorney general's legal team warned. Trump's defense: a necessary measure. Justice Department lawyers responded that Congress had granted the president the power to exercise control over the District of Columbia National Guard and characterized the lawsuit as a politically motivated attempt that could jeopardize progress in reducing crime.

The president's defense argued that there is no compelling reason to impose a court order to undo this contract right away.

Judge limits political power to a limited extent

Judge Cobb made the observation in her 61-page decision that the president cannot summon wide and unrestricted authority to send troops to the money and that accepting that claim had "erase the role of Congress in the District's government and its National Guard. "

Additionally, the decision establishes that the Pentagon was not permitted to send an additional 1, 000 troops from other states without the necessary legal permission.

The measure is suspended for 21 days, giving the Trump administration the opportunity to appeal, despite the judge's ruling that the deployment should be halted.

The ruling comes in parallel with other significant cases involving former presidents ' similar operations in cities like Portland, Chicago, and Los Angeles, where federal courts are also considering whether or not military force use is permitted to carry out public order operations.

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