US EditionTrump Threatens Federal Control of DC After Ex-DOGE Staffer Assaulted
WASHINGTON, D.C., AUG 7 – President Trump demands changes to prosecute minors as adults amid claims of rising youth violence despite police data showing a 26% drop in violent crime, officials say.
- Taking to Truth Social on Tuesday, President Donald Trump threatened to federalize Washington, D.C., if local leaders didn't 'get its act together,' citing gang violence.
- On Sunday, August 3, two suspects were arrested after Coristine was assaulted during an attempted carjacking, prompting Trump’s threat to federalize D.C.
- Trump said, "The Law in D.C. must be changed to prosecute these 'minors' as adults, and lock them up for a long time, starting at age 14," citing local youths aged 14.
- Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton countered that Congress must approve any federal takeover, citing D.C.’s crime rate at a 30-year low.
- On Wednesday, he said he may mobilize the National Guard, but experts warn a full federal takeover would face legal challenges and require congressional approval.
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Trump revives threat of D.C. takeover and orders restoration of Confederate statue
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President Trump Threatens to Federalize DC Law Enforcement Following Brutal Attack on Edward Coristine (DOGE “Big Balls”)
from The Conservative Treehouse: President Trump responded to a brutal attack on Edward Coristine, the DOGE employee known as “Big Balls.” “Crime in Washington, D.C., is totally out of control. Local “youths” and gang members, some only 14, 15, and 16-years-old, are randomly attacking, mugging, maiming, and shooting innocent Citizens, at the same time knowing […]
The attack by a young engineer on Sunday morning prompted the U.S. President to renew his threat of federal takeover of Washington, in his view, to explosive delinquency.
5 takeaways on Trump's threat to federalize DC
(The Hill) -- President Donald Trump is threatening to federalize the District of Columbia — and the catalyst is an unusual one. In the early hours of Sunday, a young man was allegedly beaten in an attempted carjacking in the nation’s capital. The man in question is Edward Coristine, who had a burst of fame earlier this year owing to the combination of his role in Elon Musk’s quasi-official Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and his nic…
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