A Federal Judge on Oct. 5th Temporarily bBocked the Trump (R) Administration from Sending any National Guard Troops to Police Portland, Oregon, hours after the Pentagon said that it Reassigned 200 California National Guard Members to Oregon.
The Ruling by Trump Appointed U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut in Oregon, followed the Trump Administration's Decision to Call in Troops from California and Texas, just One Day after She Temporarily Blocked Trump from deploying 200 Oregon National Guard Troops to Portland. Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield (D) announced the Move and Amended Lawsuit on Oct. 5th, which added California as a Party in the Suit.
"How could bringing in federalized National Guard from California not be in direct contravention of the (decision) I issued yesterday?" Immergut asked a Trump Administration Lawyer during a Hearing on Oct. 5th. Immergut said there was No Evidence that Recent Protests necessitated the Presence of National Guard Troops, No Matter where they came from. The Ruling, which will Remain-In-Effect until at least Oct. 19th, means the Trump Administration would be Blocked from Sending any National Guard Troops to Portland while Oregon and California seek a Longer-Term Ruling in Court.
White House Spokeswoman Abigail Jackson (R) in an email that Trump was "using his lawful authority. President Trump exercised his lawful authority to protect federal assets and personnel in Portland following violent riots and attacks on law enforcement, adding that California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D)"should stand on the side of law-abiding citizens instead of violent criminals destroying Portland and cities across the country."
Meanwhile, Lawyers from the Oregon Attorney General’s Office told Federal Officials that the Portland Protests were “Small and Sedate,” resulting in only 25 Arrests in Mid-June and No Arrests in the Three-and-a-Half Months since June 19th. Oregon’s Lawsuit said that Trump announced the Troop Deployment after Fox News showed Video Clips from “substantially larger and more turbulent protests” in Portland in 2020.
Earlier on Oct. 5th, Newsom said He's Suing Trump, Claiming the Commander-in-Chief Deployed 300 California National Guard Troops to Oregon. “After a federal court blocked his attempt to federalize the Oregon National Guard, Trump is Deploying 300 California National Guard Personnel into Oregon. They are on their way there now,” Newsom said in a Post on X on Oct. 5th, adding: "We are taking this fight back to court."
One of the Democratic Party’s most Forceful Critics of Trump, and a Prospective Candidate for the Next White House Race, Newsom has previously Accused the Republican Administration of going too far amid a Nnationwide Immigration Crackdown.
“His deployment of the California National Guard to Oregon isn’t about Crime,” Newsom said in a separate Post Oct. 5th. “It’s about power. He is using our military as political pawns to build up his own ego. It’s appalling. It’s un-American. And it must stop.”
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