By Alex Baumhardt

( Oregon Capital Chronicle ) — The Oregon Department of Justice is asking a federal judge to temporarily block President Donald Trump from federalizing and deploying Oregon National Guard troops to protect federal buildings in Portland.

U.S. District Judge Michael Simon on Monday set a hearing for the temporary restraining order request for Friday at 10 a.m. Pacific Time. If granted, it would immediately halt plans Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced over the weekend to deploy 200 Oregon National Guard troops to Portland for 60 days.

According to a memo Hegseth sent to Gov. Tina Kotek on Sunday, the troops would be under the orders of a joint federal military command based in Colorado. Kotek, head of the Oregon National Guard, has said repea

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