The Trump administration on Wednesday slammed Washington, D.C.‘s council members for seeking to end the National Guard‘s mobilization in the district, accusing them of making “politically motivated demands.”

The Department of Justice said the Council of the District of Columbia sent letters to 10 governors whose National Guard members are deployed to the capital, requesting that they remove the military from the city. Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald wrote a scathing letter to the council, accusing them of ignoring historic drops in crime he said the National Guard deployment triggered, and saying that the panel holds “no power” to demand their removal.