WASHINGTON, DC – President Donald Trump has reportedly ordered federal law enforcement to expand their presence in the nation’s capital earlier in August, as reported by Fox News, a move that comes following an alarming increase in violent crime as well as a notable case which made national headlines involving a former DOGE worker being grievously assaulted.
Washington, D.C. has been on President Trump’s radar for some time in terms of concerns relating to crime and the fallout from criminal activity, having signed an executive order this past March dubbed “Making The District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful” which established a task force composed of all the major federal law enforcement agencies with a stated intent to “share information, develop joint priorities, and maximize resources to make the District of Columbia safe.”
Yet, the cliché idiom of something hitting too close to home seemingly spurred President Trump into further action earlier in August, after 19-year-old former DOGE employee Edward “Big Balls” Coristine was seriously beaten in the streets of D.C. during early morning hours of August 3rd by a group of juveniles after the miscreants apparently tried to carjack the vehicle Coristine and his girlfriend were inside of.
According to reports, two 15-year-olds were arrested following the jarring assault, which left Coristine bloodied from top to bottom. Officials say when the juveniles expressed an intent to steal Coristine’s vehicle, he pushed his girlfriend into the car for her own safety and stood between the group and the door of his vehicle, leading to a vicious gang assault that only ended once a police patrol unit happened to arrive on the scene.
After news spread of the assault, President Trump made comments on August 5th demanding that the laws must change on how juveniles are treated by the courts, saying offenders 14 and older should be prosecuted as adults in severe cases, akin to the one involving Coristine.
While changing the manner in which juveniles are prosecuted in D.C. would likely require an act of Congress, President Trump did formally launch the D.C. task force mentioned in his March executive order on August 7th, which will see the likes of Homeland Security to the FBI working alongside local law enforcement to deliver on the promise of making the nation’s capital a safer place for all Americans.
In a statement made by White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt regarding the launched initiative, she emphasized that “there will be no safe harbor for violent criminals in D.C.,” further mentioning that the nation’s capital “is an amazing city, but it has been plagued by violent crime for far too long.”
Washington, D.C. has been on President Trump’s radar for some time in terms of concerns relating to crime and the fallout from criminal activity, having signed an executive order this past March dubbed “Making The District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful” which established a task force composed of all the major federal law enforcement agencies with a stated intent to “share information, develop joint priorities, and maximize resources to make the District of Columbia safe.”
Yet, the cliché idiom of something hitting too close to home seemingly spurred President Trump into further action earlier in August, after 19-year-old former DOGE employee Edward “Big Balls” Coristine was seriously beaten in the streets of D.C. during early morning hours of August 3rd by a group of juveniles after the miscreants apparently tried to carjack the vehicle Coristine and his girlfriend were inside of.
According to reports, two 15-year-olds were arrested following the jarring assault, which left Coristine bloodied from top to bottom. Officials say when the juveniles expressed an intent to steal Coristine’s vehicle, he pushed his girlfriend into the car for her own safety and stood between the group and the door of his vehicle, leading to a vicious gang assault that only ended once a police patrol unit happened to arrive on the scene.
After news spread of the assault, President Trump made comments on August 5th demanding that the laws must change on how juveniles are treated by the courts, saying offenders 14 and older should be prosecuted as adults in severe cases, akin to the one involving Coristine.
While changing the manner in which juveniles are prosecuted in D.C. would likely require an act of Congress, President Trump did formally launch the D.C. task force mentioned in his March executive order on August 7th, which will see the likes of Homeland Security to the FBI working alongside local law enforcement to deliver on the promise of making the nation’s capital a safer place for all Americans.
In a statement made by White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt regarding the launched initiative, she emphasized that “there will be no safe harbor for violent criminals in D.C.,” further mentioning that the nation’s capital “is an amazing city, but it has been plagued by violent crime for far too long.”
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2025-08-10T18:32-0400 | Comment by: Phil
Nothing new here, democrats run DC and crime is out of control and dims don't punish criminals. Federalize DC and take law enforcement out of woke, wacko democrat hands.