Courtesy of our local news partner WREG.com
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Attorney General Pam Bondi is scheduled to come to Memphis on Monday morning to give an update on the Memphis Safe Task Force.
She will be joining Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner, Governor Bill Lee, and other top leaders to meet with local law enforcement.
This comes after a Tennessee judge’s order to block the use of the National Guard in Memphis last week, but also put the order on hold, giving the government five days to appeal.
The next day, Elizabeth Johnson, Director of Communications with the governor’s office, released the following statement:
“The state will appeal, and the Tennessee National Guard will continue to operate as part of the Memphis Safe Task Force while the case is on appeal, per the judge’s order.”
According to an unclassified Department of War memo obtained by WREG, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth stated that he was prepared to send up to 1,000 Tennessee National Guard troops through September of next year.
Hegseth says Tennessee, particularly Memphis, faces a convergence of public safety threats that exceeds the capacity of local law enforcement agencies.
