Speaker Pelosi Sends Letter to President Seeking Answers on Military Deployments to Washington, D.C.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tells reporters on Capitol Hill that she has sent a letter to President Trump seeking clarity on the myriad of troop deployments to Washington, D.C. by various federal agencies. The speaker says she wants a list of all the agencies deployed and an explanation of the authority under which they have been deployed to the streets of the nation's capital. Then letter comes amid reports that unidentified military personnel from the Bureau of Prisons and other agencies have been seen patrolling the streets without any identifiable insignia. close