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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rhian Lubin and Joe Sommerlad

Attack on former DOGE staffer known as ‘Big Balls’ prompts Trump to threaten to federalize DC

Former DOGE employee Edward Coristine, the 19-year-old better known by his nickname “Big Balls,” has been identified as the federal staffer who was attacked in Washington, D.C., over the weekend in an apparent attempted carjacking.

President Donald Trump shared a photo of the bloodied former DOGE worker on Truth Social Tuesday and claimed crime was “out of control” in D.C.

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