Trump Threatens To Arrest Chicago Mayor, Illinois Gov. As National Guard Arrives

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Nearly 500 National Guard troops arrived at an military facility in Illinois this week as part of President Trump’s crackdown on crime and violence in the Chicago area.

  • The Pentagon activated around 200 National Guard troops from Texas and 300 from Illinois for an initial period of 60 days despite the state’s governor saying the move is not necessary and unconstitutional.

Trump followed up on Wednesday by calling for Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, both Democrats, to be jailed. They are not accused of any specific crimes.

Johnson responded, “This is not the first time Trump has tried to have a Black man unjustly arrested. I’m not going anywhere.” Pritzker vowed not to “back down” and warned that Trump’s rhetoric shows a slide toward “full-blown authoritarianism.”

WHAT WE KNOW
Trump deployed troops over the weekend to Chicago after hundreds of protesters clashed with federal immigration agents outside an ICE facility. We wrote about at what was happening on the ground in Monday’s newsletter.

  • Illinois officials filed a lawsuit on Monday attempting to block Trump’s move, but the judge allowed it to go forward temporarily. However, U.S. District Judge April Perry, a Biden appointee, suggested the federal government should “strongly consider” pausing the troop deployment until after a hearing set for tomorrow.

So far, judges in California and Oregon have found Trump’s similar deployments to cities in those states to be unlawful.

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