California AG: Trump has 'endless desire to seize more power'
Source: The Hill
06/10/25 9:09 AM ET
California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) accused President Trump on Monday of displaying an “endless desire to seize more power” with his response to the ongoing protests in Los Angeles against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
“That’s his end goal, to seize more power that he doesn’t have,” Bonta said during an appearance on MSNBC’s “The Weeknight.” “That’s why he calls things emergencies that aren’t emergencies, why he calls things invasions that aren’t invasions. Because he wants to exercise authority that would only be triggered if there really were an invasion, an emergency, a rebellion when there’s not.”
“The through-line is he’s hypocritical and he is unlawful in his endless desire to seize more power,” Bonta added.
Trump ordered thousands of National Guard troops and Marines to respond to the escalating protests that followed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) workplace raids in California on Friday. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) objected to the troop deployment, and the state is now suing the Trump administration.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5341664-california-attorney-general-accuses-trump/
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