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Trump says he is deploying National Guard and federalizing D.C. police in crime-fighting effort
WASHINGTON, D.C., AUG 11 – President Trump invokes emergency powers to federalize D.C. police and deploy up to 1,000 National Guard troops amid claims of high violent crime despite official statistics showing a 26% decline.
- On Monday, President Donald Trump said he plans to send up to 1,000 National Guard members to Washington, D.C., and place the D.C. police under federal control.
- During his remarks, President Trump cited recent high-profile crimes, including the beating of a DOGE member who tried to stop a carjacking, and noted the murder rate in the District of Columbia exceeds that of Bogata, Baghdad, and Mexico City.
- According to the administration, President Donald Trump said 500 federal agents from the FBI, ATF, and Homeland Security have already surged into Washington, D.C., with over 100 FBI agents and about 40 ATF agents assigned to patrols.
- In response, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, Mayor, said any comparison to a war-torn country is hyperbolic and false, emphasizing no crime spike exists and violent crime is at a 30-year low.
- Legal experts warn, `the law prevents truly federalizing the city` and Congress would need to revoke self-governance, Georgetown University law professor Steve Vladeck explained.
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Trump says he’ll take control of DC police department and deploy National Guard
The president spoke at a White House press conference on Monday and invoked section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, placing the DC Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control
Harmeet Dhillon to Newsmax: Fixing Crime in D.C. 'Overdue'
Harmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general for civil rights at the Department of Justice, told Newsmax Monday she is not just a federal employee, but I'm also a resident of the District. And so on both counts, I'm really thrilled that the president is taking action to protect all of the citizens who live here, all the workers who live here,”
Utah’s Sen. Mike Lee has long fixated on exerting power over D.C. Now, Trump is realizing it.
Ahead of President Donald Trump announcing Monday morning that he would invoke emergency powers to make the unprecedented move to militarize law enforcement in the nation’s capital, Utah’s Sen. Mike Lee fired off dozens of posts cheering him on.
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