National Guard troops under Trump's command leave L.A before court's deadline

"Dozens of California National Guard troops under President Trump's command apparently slipped out of Los Angeles under cover of darkness early Sunday morning, ahead of an appellate court's order to be gone by noon Monday. Administration officials would not immediately confirm whether the troops had decamped. But video taken outside the Roybal Federal Building downtown just after midnight on Sunday and reviewed by The Times shows a large tactical truck and four white passenger vans leaving the facility"

"The development that forced the troops to leave was part of a sprawling legal fight for control of federalized soldiers nationwide that remains ongoing. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued the order late Friday but softened an even more stringent edict from a lower court judge last week that would have forced the president to relinquish command of the state's forces. Trump federalized thousands of California National Guard troops in June troops to quell unrest over immigration enforcement in Los Angeles."

Federalized California National Guard troops left a downtown Los Angeles federal building early Sunday, with video showing a tactical truck and passenger vans departing after midnight. Administration officials did not immediately confirm the movement. About 300 California troops remain under federal control, roughly 100 of whom were active in Los Angeles as of last week. The troop withdrawal followed a U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals order requiring federalized National Guard forces to leave the city by noon Monday, which softened a stricter lower court directive. Litigation over presidential authority to federalize state guard units remains pending.

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