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'Soft coup': The Weeknight panel slams Trump's move to federalize D.C. police - The Weeknight - MSNBC
Donald Trump is moving to place D.C.’s police under federal control and deploy hundreds of National Guard troops, citing a crime wave his own Justice Department says doesn’t exist. MSNBC legal correspondent Lisa Rubin and Corey Brettschneider, a Brown University political science professor, join The Weeknight to break down the legal and constitutional stakes of Trump’s latest power grab. - Aired on 08/11/2025.