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Trump says 'we'll see' if Insurrection Act needed amid protests in Los Angeles

Tuesday, June 10


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WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would invoke the Insurrection Act if he determined there was an insurrection under way as part of street protests in Los Angeles.

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"If there's an insurrection, I would certainly invoke it. We'll see," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, a day after ordering some 700 U.S. Marines to Los Angeles, as part of a federal strategy to quell demonstrations opposing immigration raids.

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