Washington, D.C.’s mayor and attorney general both rebuked Attorney General Pam Bondi’s move to name an “emergency police commissioner” for the district.

Bondi said in a directive issued Thursday evening that DEA boss Terry Cole will assume “powers and duties vested in the District of Columbia Chief of Police.”

The Metropolitan Police Department “must receive approval from Commissioner Cole” before issuing any orders, Bondi said.

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