Acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli just hit back at the narrative around the court ruling this morning about President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles.

And he’s responding to Gavin Newsom’s post on X about it, who wrote “DONALD TRUMP LOSES AGAIN. The courts agree — his militarization of our streets and use of the military against US citizens is ILLEGAL.”

Essayli says “This is a false narrative and a misleading injunction” because the military has NEVER engaged in any direct law enforcement operations in Los Angeles:

The military will remain in Los Angeles. This is a false narrative and a misleading injunction. The military has never engaged in direct law enforcement operations here in LA. They protect our federal employees our properties so our federal agents can safely enforce federal laws in the face of the thugs being unleashed and encouraged by state and local politicians.

From my recollection of events there, he’s absolutely right. The National Guard simply protected federal buildings during the riots earlier this year. And when SecDef Hegseth deployed the Marines to aid DHS officials with immigration raids, it was only to protect the federal officers from rioters, not aid in arrests of illegals.