Tension in the nation's capital escalated over the question of who controls the city's police department after Washington, D.C.'s Attorney General sued over the White House's bid for full control.

The development came after Washington, D.C.'s attorney general filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department.

Morrisey said the deployment includes hundreds of “skilled personnel” at the request of the Trump administration.

The order by a federal official to replace the police chief of the Metropolitan Police Department on an "emergency" basis has been deemed unlawful by D.C.'s AG.