ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First/AP) - Georgia is sending more than 300 National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., to help with President Donald Trump’s federal law enforcement intervention in the nation’s capital, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Friday.

The Georgia National Guard members will provide support “to aid in restoring public safety” in and around D.C., following Trump’s executive order last month declaring a crime emergency in the district, Kemp said.

At the request of the Trump administration, roughly 300 Georgia Guard soldiers will deploy in mid-September to relieve soldiers from elsewhere who deployed earlier.

Kemp said Georgia’s soldiers may be armed and will support law enforcement.

Sixteen Guard support staff members were deployed earlier this week to Joint Base Anacostia-B

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