ATTORNEY GENERAL BONTA CELEBRATES NINTH CIRCUIT RULING UPHOLDING ORDER AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP'S UNLAWFUL AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL FEDERALIZATION OF CALIFORNIA NATIONAL GUARD

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 23 -- The California Attorney General issued the following press release:

OAKLAND- California Attorney General Rob Bontaand Governor Gavin Newsomtoday issuedthe following statementsafter theU.S.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuitupheld a lower court'sorder blocking theTrump Administration'sfederalization and deployment of California National Guard troops in and around Los Angeles.Last year,the Trump Administration used isolated incidents of violence as a pretext to federalize the California National Guard.Attorney General Bonta and Governor Newsom sued the Trump Administration overitsactions and secured a temporary restraining order from theU.S. District Court for the Northern District of Californiathatordered t...