
Trump floats invoking Insurrection Act
NBC
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White House officials have held increasingly serious discussions in recent days about President Trump invoking the Insurrection Act, a rarely used 19th century law that gives the president the power to deploy active-duty troops inside the U.S. for law enforcement purposes, five people with knowledge of the talks told NBC News. Gary Grumbach breaks down what the law would allow Trump to do.