Democrats are introducing a joint resolution that would terminate Trump's federalization of Washington, D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department.

The effort won't progress in the House, where Democrats are in the minority. Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen is expected to introduce companion legislation in the Senate, where the bill also faces dim prospects given the Republican majority there.

"His current takeover is an abuse of power and nothing more than a raw power grab. It is a direct attack on the ability of the people of the District of Columbia to govern their own affairs," Van Hollen said in a statement.

-ABC News' John Parkinson

Attorney General Pam Bondi's directive asserting control of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department "would upend the command structure" of Washington's police force, "endangering the safety of the public and law enforcement officers alike," Metropolitan Police Chief Pam Smith said in an extraordinary filing seeking an emergency restraining order against the government.

"In my nearly three decades in law enforcement, I have never seen a single government action that would cause a greater threat to law and order than this dangerous directive," Smith said in a filing accompany the D.C. Attorney general's request for a temporary restraining order.

The filing follows days of Washington's city leadership, including Smith herself, taking a moderated tone surrounding Trump's invocation of the Home Rule Act to assume control of the city's police force.

While Smith and Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser have said repeatedly this week that Trump's order did not relegate their authority over the Washington police department, Bondi's Thursday directive would effectively strip Smith of any command authority and mandate she receive permission from Drug Enforcement Administrator Terry Cole before issuing any commands to officers.

"Requiring literally every directive to receive approval from Administrator Cole prior to issuance as required by the Bondi Order would effectively freeze public safety operations in the District of Columbia," Smith said.

-ABC News' Beatrice Peterson, Luke Barr, Alexander Mallin

D.C. District judge Ana Reyes has scheduled an emergency hearing for 2 p.m. Friday on D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb's request for a restraining order against U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi's directive assuming control over the Metropolitan Police Department.

-ABC News' Alexander Mallin

The city filed a request for a temporary restraining order on Friday, seeking to block U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi's order to remove Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith.

The D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb alleges that "the District will suffer devastating and irreparable harms" unless the court intervenes.

The filing says "the Bondi Order violates the Administrative Procedure Act because it is contrary to law, in excess of the Agency Defendants' statutory authority, arbitrary and capricious, an abuse of discretion, and otherwise not in accordance with the law."

The filing also asserts that the "Defendants' actions also exceed their authority under the D.C. Home Rule Act and violate the separation of powers, Take Care Clause, and District Clause of the Constitution."

-ABC News' Beatrice Peterson