Oregon’s Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced Sunday that the state has filed a lawsuit to block President Donald Trump from deploying the National Guard to Portland, a day after Trump authorized federal troops to protect what he dubbed “War ravaged Portland.” Rayfield, appearing with Kotek and Portland Mayor Keith Wilson during a virtual news conference, decried any attempt to send military troops to an Oregon city, calling it an infringement of state and local sovereignty and a violation of federal law as the suit was filed. “The facts cannot justify this overreach,” says the 41-page suit filed by the State of Oregon and City of Portland against Trump. Read more at the link in our bio. #oregon #oregonattorneygeneral #attorneygeneral #federalsuit #titlex #trump #theoregonian #portland #portlandoregon