LOS ANGELES (AP) — California will file a lawsuit Monday against President Donald Trump's extraordinary deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles to confront immigration protesters who took to the streets, the attorney general said, arguing that the president had “trampled” the state's sovereignty.

“We don’t take lightly to the president abusing his authority and unlawfully mobilizing California National Guard troops” state Attorney General Rob Bonta told reporters. He planned to seek a court order declaring that Trump’s use of the Guard was unlawful and ask for a restraining order to halt the deployment.

The streets of the sprawling city of 4 million people were quiet Monday morning, but the smell of smoke hung in the air downtown, one day after crowds blocked off a major freew

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