Homan Says Trump Faces ‘No Limitation’ After Seizing Control of D.C. Police

White House border adviser Tom Homan said President Donald Trump has “no limitation on his authority to make this country safe,” defending the administration’s decision to assume control of Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department and dispatch about 800 National Guard personnel to the capital. Trump on Monday invoked Section 740 of the D.C. Home Rule Act, a rarely used provision that allows a president to override the city government and direct local law-enforcement operations. The statute caps such federal control at 30 days unless Congress votes to extend it. Homan’s assertion, made to reporters outside the White House, drew immediate criticism from constitutional scholars and political opponents who argued that the claim contradicts the Bill of Rights and principles of federalism. The administration has signaled it may replicate the move in other large, Democrat-led cities.