Gov. JB Pritzker said Saturday state officials have not sent nor received any requests from the federal government about offering assistance amid reports the Pentagon is planning a military deployment to Chicago that could send a few thousand National Guard troops as soon as September as part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to crack down on crime.

It follows Trump’s comments Friday about considering federal intervention in Chicago similar to the nearly 2,000 National Guard troops he deployed recently in Washington, D.C., to address what his administration has described as a surge in violent crime despite D.C. officials reporting a decline in crime.

“There is no emergency that warrants the president of the United States federalizing the Illinois National Guard, deploying the National

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