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A West Virginia judge ruled the deployment of more than 300 National Guard members to Washington D.C. is lawful under federal law.

A civic group’s lawsuit argued Gov. Patrick Morrisey exceeded his authority, claiming state law allows out-of-state deployment only for disasters or emergencies.

Critics including the ACLU say the ruling circumvents state law; Trump declared a crime emergency despite Justice Department data showing D.C. crime at 30-year lows.

A judge on Monday allowed the continued deployment of more than 300 West Virginia National Guard members to patrol the streets of Washington, D.C., as part of President Trump’s push to send the military into Democratic-run cities.

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