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A House panel demanded a slate of Washington, D.C., officials, including
Mayor Muriel Bowser, testify on crime in the district just hours after President Donald Trump announced federal intervention in the city.

The House Oversight Committee announced Monday that it would call in
Bowser, Washington, D.C., Attorney General Brian Schwalb and Washington,
D.C., Council Chair Phil Mendelson to testify before the Republican-led
panel.

TRUMP ACTIVATES NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS TO ADDRESS rCyTOTALLY OUT OF
CONTROLrCO CRIME IN WASHINGTON

News of the hearing, which is expected to be held in September when
lawmakers return from their month-long break from Washington, comes
after Trump announced that he would place the Washington, D.C., police department under federal control and deploy the National Guard in the district.

House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., lauded the president
for "rightly using executive power to take bold and necessary action to
crack down on crime and restore law and order in Washington, D.C."

"Protecting all Americans and tackling crime are core conservative
policy priorities, and todayrCOs actions by the Trump administration mark another promise kept," Comer said in a statement.

However, crime in the district is on the decline. Violent crime is down
26% this year, compared to the same timeframe in 2024, according to WashingtonrCOs Metropolitan Police Department. Assaults with a dangerous weapon are down 20%, and homicides are down by 12%.

It's declining because the black Democrats in charge changed what is a
crime and what isn't. If it's not a crime, it doesn't get prosecuted or reported.

Black Democrats are nothing but criminals.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/top-house-republican-says-trump-rightly-took-over-dc-police-demands-mayor-bowser-others-testify-crime


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