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Trump flagged ‘fake crime numbers’ in DC months before 13 officers accused of cooking books

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President Donald Trump warned nearly a year ago that the District of Columbia may have been reporting «fake crime numbers» when he deployed the National Guard to the nation’s capital.
Now, the Metropolitan Police Department is embroiled in scandal, as 13 officers have been placed on leave, with some already undergoing termination, according to MPD Interim Chief Jeffrey Carroll, as an ongoing probe into alleged manipulation of statistics unfolds.
«Our Internal Affairs Bureau has completed an investigation into crime reporting,» Carroll said. The MPD did not immediately respond to a Tuesday request for comment. «This investigation was reported — it was referred to us earlier this year from the United States Attorney’s Office.»
Senior officials, including an assistant chief and district commander, are among those being scrutinized, according to reports.
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Trump received heavy blowback from District officials and Democratic lawmakers for dispatching the Guard to the area after declaring on Truth Social that «DC gave fake crime numbers in order to create a false illusion of safety.»
Trump claimed that until the Guard arrived, Washington was the least safe city in the U.S. «and perhaps the world.»
Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for further comment, while House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer took credit for the developments leading up to the suspensions.
«These terminations are a direct result of the Oversight Committee’s work exposing dangerous efforts by DC Police leaders to artificially lower crime rates,» Comer, R-Ky., said in a statement.
Meanwhile, several Democrats, including those in the District, have lambasted Trump for his actions.
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., slammed the White House in August, saying the president’s use of federal law enforcement within her city is a «disproportionate overreaction» and «offensive.»
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President Donald Trump visits the U.S. Park Police Anacostia Operations Facility in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 21, 2025, amid federal deployment to assist local law enforcement. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Council members on the District Council — where there are no Republicans — called Trump’s behavior off-base and extreme.
District of Columbia District Attorney Brian Schwalb also sued the feds for an «unlawful attempt to take over [MPD]» and the Justice Department’s Home-Rule order to the District in that respect.
Schwalb’s office said in a statement at the time that Trump had no right to supplant then-chief Pamela Smith, with the AG adding that his actions represented a «hostile takeover.»
«The Administration is abusing its limited, temporary authority under the Home Rule Act, infringing on the District’s right to self-governance and putting the safety of DC residents and visitors at risk,» Schwalb said, further calling the move the greatest threat to the District’s «home rule» provisions of self-governance.
In a profane response a month later to the Guard’s presence, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., declared Congress would never provide consent to Trump’s actions in Washington.
«No f—ing way,» he said in response to a question on extending the National Guard’s tenure.
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Schumer called Trump’s move an attempted distraction from the Jeffrey Epstein files saga.
Fox News Digital reached out to Schwalb, Holmes-Norton, Schumer, the White House and the MPD for comment.
A representative for Schwalb acknowledged Fox News Digital’s inquiry and said the attorney general’s office would respond soon.
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Meanwhile, the MPD’s union boss welcomed the news, saying his members «warned that this toxic culture of coercion, fear, and corruption left thousands of cases uninvestigated, denied victims justice, gaslit residents, and endangered public safety.»
«Forensic teams were not dispatched, evidence went uncollected, detectives were never notified, and dangerous criminals walked free. All while the public was fed falsified Daily Crime Report (DCR) numbers,» Gregg Pemberton said.
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Honduras condena ataques contra Kuwait y Bahréin y pide evitar una mayor escalada en Oriente Medio

El Gobierno de Honduras condenó los ataques atribuidos a la República Islámica de Irán contra el Estado de Kuwait y el Reino de Bahréin. A través de la Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores y Cooperación Internacional, expresó su solidaridad con ambos países, sus condolencias a las familias de las víctimas y su preocupación por las consecuencias humanas y materiales.
La administración hondureña difundió su posición oficial en medio de llamados de distintos gobiernos a la moderación ante el riesgo de una escalada en Oriente Medio.
“La República de Honduras expresa su firme condena a los ataques atribuidos a la República Islámica de Irán contra el Estado de Kuwait y el Reino de Bahréin, que han puesto en riesgo la vida y la seguridad de la población civil de ambos países”, señaló el Gobierno en su posicionamiento oficial.
Además de condenar los ataques, el Gobierno hondureño reiteró principios de su política exterior vinculados con el respeto a la soberanía de los Estados, la integridad territorial y la solución pacífica de las controversias.
Las autoridades señalaron que la enfrenta el desafío de evitar una nueva escalada de violencia en una región que durante décadas ha sido escenario de conflictos políticos, militares y religiosos con repercusiones globales.
Para Honduras, la preservación de la paz y la estabilidad internacional requiere el fortalecimiento de los mecanismos diplomáticos y del diálogo entre las partes involucradas.
En ese sentido, el comunicado oficial hizo un llamado urgente a la contención e instó a todos los actores a actuar con prudencia para evitar decisiones que puedan incrementar las hostilidades o ampliar el alcance del conflicto.

Los hechos ocurridos en Kuwait y Bahréin generaron preocupación entre gobiernos, organismos multilaterales y analistas internacionales por el delicado equilibrio político existente en Oriente Medio.
La región concentra intereses estratégicos vinculados con el comercio mundial, las rutas energéticas y la seguridad internacional, por lo que cualquier episodio de confrontación suele ser seguido con atención por la comunidad global.
Aunque Honduras se encuentra geográficamente distante del escenario del conflicto, la Cancillería considera que la paz y la seguridad internacionales son responsabilidades compartidas y que hechos de esta naturaleza requieren una respuesta firme en defensa de los principios establecidos por el derecho internacional.
Uno de los puntos del pronunciamiento hondureño fue la reafirmación de su compromiso con los principios consagrados en la Carta de las Naciones Unidas.
El Gobierno recordó que la convivencia pacífica entre las naciones debe sustentarse en el respeto mutuo, la cooperación internacional y la búsqueda de soluciones negociadas ante cualquier controversia.

También reiteró que el uso de la fuerza y las acciones que ponen en peligro a la población civil deben evitarse mediante el fortalecimiento de los canales diplomáticos y el cumplimiento de los compromisos internacionales asumidos por los Estados.
El mensaje de Honduras incluyó una expresión de solidaridad hacia Kuwait y Bahréin, cuyos gobiernos atraviesan momentos de incertidumbre tras los recientes acontecimientos.
Las autoridades hondureñas señalaron que comparten el dolor de las familias afectadas por la violencia y reiteraron su respaldo a las acciones encaminadas a proteger a la población civil y restablecer las condiciones de seguridad.
El pronunciamiento también reflejó la preocupación por las consecuencias humanitarias que suelen derivarse de los conflictos armados, especialmente cuando impactan zonas urbanas o infraestructura esencial para el funcionamiento de los servicios públicos.
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Both parties target Trump’s $2B fund as ICE funding package enters danger zone

Senate scraps border and ICE funding vote
Fox News chief congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports on the pushback against President Donald Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization fund’ on ‘The Bottom Line.’
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President Donald Trump’s nearly $70 billion immigration enforcement package has entered uncertain waters as the Senate embarks on a marathon of votes that could blow up the legislation.
At the heart of the issue is the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) now-defunct nearly $2 billion «anti-weaponization» fund. It’s another rare instance where both sides of the aisle are frustrated with the administration, and it could spell doom for the broader bill.
That’s because Democrats and Republicans are lining up amendments to ensure the fund is dead, to varying degrees.
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President Donald Trump listens to members of his Cabinet during a meeting in the White House Cabinet Room in Washington, D.C., on May 27, 2026. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Senate Republican leadership is hopeful that they can prevent those amendments from surviving during the newly launched «vote-a-rama,» but success isn’t guaranteed. One positive for the GOP is that every Republican voted for the package in its first procedural hurdle Wednesday afternoon.
«I feel good going into it,» Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said. «But, you know, you got a lot of conversations with our members [who] understand what’s at stake, how critical it is that we defeat amendments that would be corrosive to the bill or undermine in any way its privilege.»
One issue is that should an amendment targeting the fund pass, it could remove the reconciliation package’s ability to advance with just a simple majority of votes. That would effectively give Democrats a win in killing the package outright.
Whether the amendments will be considered under a simple majority or 60-vote threshold could change the landscape and will ultimately be up to the Senate rules referee to determine whether they comply with the Byrd rule, which undergirds the reconciliation process.
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Republicans believed that those add-ons would hit that 60-vote mark, giving them a little bit of breathing room.
«I mean, you never know with 100% accuracy,» Thune said. «There are a lot of creative ways of drafting amendments, but we feel pretty confident that most of those would be at 60.»
The fund, announced last month as part of a settlement between the Trump family and the Internal Revenue Service, received strong pushback from Republicans who feared that without proper guardrails, people convicted of assaulting police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on Capitol Hill could access the taxpayer funds.
Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., whose main job is to wrangle and twist the arms of wary Republicans to vote for the package, put the primary blame on Senate Democrats as fractures in the GOP simmered.
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«The Democrats continue to talk about everything they want to talk about, except actually securing the border and protecting the American people,» Barrasso said. «They’re gonna come with all sorts of things, all in an effort to delay our efforts to support the American people and keep them safe and secure.»
But there are Republicans who will have their own anti-weaponization fund amendments. So far, Sens. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and Bill Cassidy, R-La., two lawmakers who are increasingly prone to break with Trump, have teed up add-ons to address the fund.
There is the option to deal with the fund outside of reconciliation, too.
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Cassidy, who Trump successfully just ousted from office, didn’t say which route he would prefer, but wanted «something which just makes it sure that somebody doesn’t change their mind in the White House, it doesn’t come back.»
Tillis contended that there were enough Republicans with concerns over the fund that something needed to be done, but wanted it to be a GOP-led initiative. He’s not picky about whether his amendment gets a shot either.
«I don’t care about my own personal amendment,» Tillis said. «There’s a few out there, as long as one touching on the issue gets there. I’m not gonna slow leadership down. I wouldn’t do anything to make it as corrosive to the underlying bill so that it loses privilege. But we gotta do this.»
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