Bowser, D.C. attorney general reject push by Bondi to name emergency police commissioner

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/14/bondi-police-chief-dc-cole

Mayor Muriel E. Bowser and D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb said the order by Attorney General Pam Bondi was unlawful and suggested they would not comply.

The pushback sets up a major power clash in entirely untested territory as the District clings to its limited home rule — granted under the 1973 Home Rule Act — and the Trump administration seeks to expand its control of law enforcement under the stated premise of a crime emergency, at a time when violent crime is at a 30-year low.