{"id":8303,"date":"2025-06-09T14:56:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T14:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunnewsusa.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/09\/california-gov-gavin-newsom-says-he-will-sue-trump-administration-for-deploying-national-guard-to-los-angeles\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T14:56:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T14:56:45","slug":"california-gov-gavin-newsom-says-he-will-sue-trump-administration-for-deploying-national-guard-to-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunnewsusa.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/09\/california-gov-gavin-newsom-says-he-will-sue-trump-administration-for-deploying-national-guard-to-los-angeles\/","title":{"rendered":"California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he will sue Trump administration for deploying National Guard to Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"
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California’s governor indicated late Sunday his office plans to sue the Trump administration after the state’s National Guard was deployed<\/a><\/span> to confront protesters in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

“Donald Trump is putting fuel on this fire. Commandeering a state’s National Guard without consulting the Governor of that state is illegal and immoral,” wrote Gavin Newsom on X. “California will be taking him to court.”<\/p>\n

In a followup on Monday morning, Newsom posted Mr. Trump “illegally acted to federalize the National Guard,” adding “we’re suing him.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

National Guard troops were sent to downtown Los Angeles Sunday amid a weekend marked by protests and at-time violent clashes between law enforcement and protesters. The unrest began following large-scale immigration enforcement operations<\/a><\/span> in the area on Friday.<\/p>\n

Images captured by CBS Los Angeles showed members of the National Guard using what appeared to be tear gas and rounds of non-lethal ammunition after a crowd gathered near the Metropolitan Detention Center.\u00a0<\/p>\n

During a Sunday evening news conference, LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell said 39 people had been arrested.<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump announced Saturday night that he would deploy the Guard\u00a0 in response to the protests and in a social media post on Sunday, he criticized Newsom and L.A. Mayor Karen Bass. Mr. Trump called the protesters “troublemakers and insurrectionists.”<\/p>\n

Newsom, in his own social media posts, accused Mr. Trump of “escalating the situation,” and called the National Guard deployment\u00a0 “purposefully inflammatory.”<\/p>\n

He requested that the federal government rescind the deployment of troops to L.A. in a letter<\/a> addressed to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, saying there was “no need” for the National Guard.<\/p>\n

Newsom’s office confirmed on Saturday that he spoke with Mr. Trump for about 40 minutes, although it’s unclear if they spoke before or after Mr. Trump announced the deployment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a statement to CBS News, an ICE spokesperson said immigration enforcement operations have resulted in the arrest of a “domestic abuser” and a “child rapist.”<\/p>\n

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