As DC is not a state, federal authorities can exert more control over the city even as residents and local elected leaders protest

The FBI agents, primarily from the Washington Field Office, will work overnight shifts for at least one week supporting D.C. police.

Sources say the FBI is sending 120 agents to patrol the streets of Washington, DC, as President Trump threatens a federal crackdown on crime and vows to "clear out" the city's homeless—sparking tension between local and federal authorities over the future of policing in the nation's capital,