The fallout from Trump's federal takeover of the police force in D.C. continues. Bondi's latest move prompts backlash.

(ABC 6 News) — The Trump administration is continuing its federal takeover of the Washington D.C. Police Force. Attorney General Pam Bondi appointed DEA head Terry Cole as the new emergency police commissioner. The D.C. Attorney General fired back with a lawsuit, arguing the administration is carrying out a “hostile takeover.”

Under the accord presented by the two sides to U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes, Trump administration lawyers conceded that D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser's appointed police chief, Pamela Smith, would remain in command of the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department.

The legal challenge came hours after US Attorney General Pam Bondi named Drug Enforcement Administration chief Terry Cole as the department's emergency commissioner. Schwalb said the lawsuit asks the court to rule that Trump's action is illegal.

Under the agreement, Washington DC’s Metropolitan Police will go back under the chairmanship of Pamela Smith, effectively removing Terry Cole, the top administrator for the Drug and Enforcement Admini

A federal judge on Friday considered placing a temporary restraining order against the Trump administration's takeover of Washington D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department.