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On the recordSeptember 3, 2025
This executive order makes it emphatically clear that this president is not going to come in and deputize our police department.
Said by
Brandon Johnson
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Johnson asserts his authority against federal intervention in local police matters.

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