IL AG reviews battles vs. Trump administration: ‘365 days of chaos’

By Jim Talamonti | The Center Square
The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul says his office has endured 365 days of chaos with President Donald Trump back in the White House.

Raoul held a press conference in Chicago on Tuesday to mark the one-year anniversary of Trump’s return to the Oval Office.

“Today marks 365 days of chaos, 365 days of attacks on civil rights, on the rule of law and on the Constitution itself,” Raoul said.

Raoul said his office filed 51 lawsuits and more than 100 amicus briefs against the federal government in the last year. The attorney general said his office has protected $6 billion in federal funding.

According to a fact sheet distributed by a member of Raoul’s staff, nine of the lawsuits filed by Illinois against the U.S. government involved federal funding and eight involved the rule of law. Seven suits were filed involving immigration and seven others involved education.

Raoul said he is proud that his office helped prevent a U.S. military deployment to Chicago.

“No American should live under threat of military occupation simply because leaders of their city or state have fallen out of the president’s favor,” Raoul said.

Trump spoke at a White House press briefing Tuesday afternoon and said the U.S. government brought crime down in Washington D.C. and other cities.

“D.C. and Memphis, federal task forces deployed massive numbers of federal law enforcement officers and National Guard to restore safety. Crime is D.C. is almost down to nothing,” Trump said.

The president displayed a book of what he referred to as White House accomplishments.

“I could stand here and read it for a week and we wouldn’t be finished, but we’ve done more than any other administration by far,” Trump said.

The president described his efforts to end wars around the world and cited improved inflation and gross domestic product data, lower gas prices, a reduced trade deficit and what he called “the best stock market in history.”