Former Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff told ABC News that President Trump has taken a “belligerent” tone toward state and local officials, while adding that protecting federal property is not “an unlimited license to roam around the streets.”
Chertoff also spoke to Greg Sargent: “In my view, this is damaging to the department. It undermines the credibility of the department’s principal mission.”
He added: “While it’s appropriate for DHS to protect federal property, that is not an excuse to range more widely in a city and to conduct police operations, particularly if local authorities have not requested federal assistance. That’s our constitutional system.”
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