Donald Trump and other members of his administration have been blasting Washington, D.C. for what they call an unacceptable level of crime. At the same time, reports suggest that the nation’s capital is actually experiencing a three-decade low in crime rates. Now, Trump’s DOJ is investigating whether the crime rates declared by D.C. have been manipulated.
The DOJ and D.C. have been at loggerheads since Trump deployed the National Guard to the city. The entire directive was inspired by a former DOJ employee allegedly being attacked in the streets of D.C. while trying to defend a woman targeted by carjackers. This move drew harsh criticism toward the Trump administration, with detractors pointing to how he handled another dire situation in Los Angeles as an example of why bringing in the National Guard was overzealous.
