Attorney General Pam Bondi appoints DEA chief
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He’s spent more than 31 years as a law enforcement officer, including 22 at the DEA. At the agency, he worked in Oklahoma, New York and Washington. He spent time overseas in Colombia, Afghanistan and the Middle East. The agency said he fought drug cartels and transnational criminal organizations.
D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb responded late Thursday that Attorney General Pam Bondi’s directive was “unlawful,” arguing that it could not be followed by the city’s police force.
Attorney General Pam Bondi issued an order rescinding sanctuary city policies in Washington, D.C. and naming an "emergency police commissioner."
D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb is suing the Trump administration after the Department of Justice ordered a new “emergency” head of District police, calling it “unlawful.” "By illegally declaring a takeover of MPD,