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FOUND: What is the insurrection act and can trump use it - What They Never Told You

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Trump in the Oval Office in September. Photograph: Ken Cedeno/Reuters

Donald Trump has once again threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act, a law authorizing the president to deploy military forces on US soil, as a means to control the mobilization of the national guard as courts and governors in Democratic-led cities continue to stymie his attempts.

But can he do that, and what does it mean? Here’s what to know about the centuries-old law.

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