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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.

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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., p

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