The Memphis mayor says President Donald Trump’s TV announcement was the first hard confirmation he received that Trump would send in the National Guard to address crime.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — Several lawmakers released statements in response to the deployment of National Guard troops to Memphis announced by President Donald Trump during an interview with Fox and Friends Friday morning. President Trump says he is sending troops to address crime concerns with the support of the mayor and the governor. He stated […]

President Donald Trump said Friday that he's planning to send federal law enforcement and the National Guard into Memphis, Tennessee, to lower crime in the city following his surge into Washington, D.C. over the last month.

Trump did not say on Friday what law he would invoke to send troops to Memphis. A federal judge ruled earlier in September that the National Guard’s deployment in Los Angeles this summer violated federal law due to the troops’ use in civil law enforcement functions.

Pentagon officials confirmed the accuracy of the documents but said they “should not be interpreted as policy.”

Trump began a major anti-crime push in Washington, D.C., over the summer and deployed National Guard troops to the nation's capital. While Republicans argue that the troops have made D.C. safer, Democrats have blasted the federal takeover.