The city's attorney general, Brian Schwalb, said the hundreds of troops are essentially an “involuntary military occupation.”

The city is challenging the federal government’s authority to send troops into the city for what the president has called a “public safety emergency.”

Trump has deployed hundreds of troops, some armed, as part of a crackdown on crime and homelessness in the US capital.

A federal judge in California recently ruled that Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles in June was illegal.

DC attorney general says ongoing deployment in US capital is illegal, as Trump floats sending troops to more cities.

The city's attorney general, Brian Schwalb, said the hundreds of troops are essentially an “involuntary military occupation.”

City’s attorney general says the hundreds of troops are essentially an ‘involuntary military occupation’

The DC government sued the Trump administration to stop the president's deployment of 2,200 National Guard troops in the capital.

President Donald Trump last month put the D.C. police department under federal control and deployed hundreds of National Guard troops to the city.

The city's attorney general, Brian Schwalb, said the hundreds of troops are essentially an “involuntary military occupation.”

The District of Columbia has filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump for bringing in National Guard soldiers to police its streets.