President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE asked Attorney General Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsGOP set to release controversial Biden report Trump's policies on refugees are as simple as ABCs Ocasio-Cortez, Velázquez call for convention to decide Puerto Rico status MORE on Wednesday to consider prosecuting the Democratic mayor of Oakland, Calif., after she warned hundreds of immigrants about an impending federal enforcement raid in February.

The president said Mayor Libby Schaaf’s decision to warn her constituents ahead of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid amounted to “obstruction of justice."

The raid was expected to target more than 1,000 immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, but only resulted in the arrests of about 200 people.

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“They all fled, or most of them fled. The whole operation took a long time to put together,” Trump said during a White House roundtable discussion with political leaders and law enforcement officials from California.

The discussion also included Sessions, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen Kirstjen Michele NielsenDHS IG won't investigate after watchdog said Wolf, Cuccinelli appointments violated law Appeals court sides with Trump over drawdown of immigrant protections Democrats smell blood with new DHS whistleblower complaint MORE, acting head of ICE Thomas Homan and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy Kevin Owen McCarthyMcCarthy's Democratic challenger to launch first TV ad highlighting Air Force service as single mother Trump asked Chamber of Commerce to reconsider Democratic endorsements: report The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by The Air Line Pilots Association - White House moves closer to Pelosi on virus relief bill MORE (R-Calif.)

“You talk about obstruction of justice — I would recommend that you look into obstruction of justice for the mayor of Oakland, California, Jeff,” the president continued. “She advises thousand people ... ‘Get out of here, the law enforcement’s coming.’ And you worked on that long and hard and you got there and there were very few people there.”

“Perhaps the Department of Justice can look into that, with respect to the mayor, because it’s a big deal out there, and a lot of people are very angry about what happened,” Trump added.

VIDEO: #Trump on #Oakland mayor warning of #ICE raids: "To me, that's obstruction of justice, and perhaps the Department of Justice can look into that" https://t.co/m3bZsUDqdk pic.twitter.com/cHQ2KCVTij — KRON4 News (@kron4news) May 16, 2018

Though the president suggested Schaaf was guilty of obstruction of justice back in April for interfering with the raid, Trump’s comment Wednesday marks the first time he has called upon a top federal official to consider legal action against her.