California attorney general sues Trump over 'unlawful' National Guard order

California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued the Trump administration Monday for deploying hundreds of National Guard members to Los Angeles over the weekend.

The lawsuit seeks a court ruling that President Donald Trump’s move to federalize 2,000 members of the state National Guard on Saturday in response to protests against the administration’s immigration actions without a request from California Gov. Gavin Newsom was "unlawful" and should be rescinded.

Bonta said in a statement that Trump's order “infringes on Governor Newsom’s role as Commander-in-Chief of the California National Guard and violates the state’s sovereign right to control and have available its National Guard in the absence of a lawful invocation of federal power.”