D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser pushed back on the order, saying "there is no statute that conveys the District’s personnel authority to a federal official."

The fallout from Trump's federal takeover of the police force in D.C. continues. Bondi's latest move prompts backlash.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a directive naming Drug Enforcement Administration head Terry Cole as the "emergency police commissioner" of Washington's Metropolitan Police Department.