Trump Says He’ll Forgo Sending Troops to Minnesota for Now (1)

President Donald Trump said he would hold off on invoking the Insurrection Act after previously threatening to use the law to deploy US military troops in Minnesota.

“I don’t think there’s any reason right now to use it,” Trump told reporters on Friday as he departed the White House.

Still, the president did not rule out using the 19th-century law at a later date, saying “If I needed it, I’d use it.” A day earlier, Trump posted on social media that he would “institute the INSURRECTION ACT” if the state’s leaders failed to quell protests there.

The 1807 statute allows ...