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Trump says no need to invoke Insurrection Act ‘right now’ amid anti-ICE unrest in Minnesota

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2 weeks ago

President Donald Trump on Friday said there wasn't a reason, in the present, to invoke the Insurrection Act, as agitators continue to clash with federal immigration authorities carrying out enforcement operations in Minneapolis. Trump was departing the White House when he was asked about the 1807 law, which he threatened to invoke earlier this week. "I believe it was Bush, the elder Bush, he used it, I think 28 times," Trump told reporters. "It's been used a lot. And if I needed it, I'd use it. I don't think there's any reason right now to use it, but if I needed it, I'd use it. It's very powe...