How can the president take over a city's police department?

On Monday, August 11th, Trump announced a takeover of Washington, D.C.'s Metropolitan police. He also deployed National Guard troops and federal agents to the streets, all in the name of cracking down on crime. We called on political scientist and historian Dan Cassino (fdu.edu/profiles/daniel_cassino) to help us understand what happened, why it's legal and what could happen next.

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