The capital is already subject to significant federal control — and Trump is invoking his emergency powers to solidify it.

President Donald Trump ordered the deployment nearly 500 federal law enforcement officers around Washington, D.C, over the weekend. He justified the move by setting the need to tackle persistent crime in the nation’s capital,

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday that he’s deploying the National Guard across Washington and taking over the city’s police department in the hopes of reducing crime, even as the city’s mayor has noted that crime is falling in the nation’s capital.