Donald Trump said at a Monday morning press conference that he is federalizing the DC’s police department and sending 800 National Guard troops to the city. “I’m announcing a historic action to rescue our nation’s capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam and squalor and worse,” Trump said. He also announced a “public safety emergency” in DC. Trump is placing DC’s police department under the control of Attorney General Pam Bondi. He signed an executive order invoking a section of the DC Home Rule Act that allows the president to control the police department for up to 30 days, after which congressional approval is required.

Trump cited crime in the District for the move, saying that the city’s “murder rate is higher than Bogota, Colombia.” To support this claim, he used a chart comparing D

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