Overview

• White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller told CNN the president has “plenary authority” under Title 10, then appeared to freeze mid-sentence during the live interview.
• Miller said the administration filed an appeal to the Ninth Circuit and cited a recent Ninth Circuit ruling involving federalizing the California National Guard as supportive precedent.
• U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut temporarily blocked new National Guard deployments to Oregon, writing that deference to the president does not mean ignoring facts on the ground.
• President Trump has suggested he might invoke the Insurrection Act if court orders and governors continue to impede deployments to Democratic-led cities.
• The CNN clip of Miller’s freeze was removed from some re-uploads, though a CNN transcript retains his use of the word “plenary,” and the moment circulated widely online.