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What is the Insurrection Act and how could Trump use it to stop protesters in Minneapolis?

Name: What is the Insurrection Act and how could Trump use it to stop protesters in Minneapolis?
Uploaded: 2026-01-15T18:22:00-0500
Duration: 4 min 51 s
Description: President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minneapolis to stop protesters with military force. "The Daily Report" explores what this would allow the president to do, and CBS News' Jessica Levinson has more legal analysis.

President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minneapolis to stop protesters with military force. "The Daily Report" explores what this would allow the president to do, and CBS News' Jessica Levinson has more legal analysis.