The DOJ has rewritten an order from Attorney General Pam Bondi appointing DEA chief Terry Cole as the new emergency police commissioner.

As it is now, Cole works directly for Bondi and will be requesting services from the DC police department.

Here’s more from government-funded Politico:

Washington officials and the Justice Department negotiated a deal at a judge’s urging Friday that prevented full federal control of the city’s police department over the weekend, but left underlying legal disputes unresolved.

Justice Department officials agreed to rewrite a Thursday order from Attorney General Pam Bondi that named Drug Enforcement Administration head Terry Cole as emergency police commissioner, cutting the mayor and existing police chief out of the chain of command. The rewritten order will name Cole as Bondi’s “designee for requesting services” from the police department.

“We think that solves the problem and that’s what we’re planning to do immediately,” Justice Department attorney Yaakov Roth said.

“In the interim, Mr. Cole is not going to be able to direct police department individuals to do anything,” Reyes, a Biden appointee, said. “He’s going to have to go through the mayor.”

Reyes indicated she will hold a hearing next week on other remaining legal questions.

We’ll see if this sticks or whether Trump will try and push this when he gets back to DC. Something tells me he’s not going to be very pleased with this rewrite, but if it skirts legal issues and still allows them to accomplish what they want to do, then maybe he’ll be fine with it.