India, June 8 -- Violent protests have broken out in Los Angeles following ICE raids across the California county over the weekend. President Donald Trump sent the National Guard to restore order with 2000 deployed 'for 60 days or at the discretion of the Secretary of Defense', the White House said in a statement late Saturday.

Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, said on X that Marines will also be mobilized 'if violence continues'.

While the chaos in LA went through to Sunday, several locals and social media users speculated if there's a link to the protests and Elon Musk's Epstein files threat.

Locals on X pointed out that the protests in Los Angeles might be a 'coverup' to 'distract' voters from the Epstein files claims.

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