President Trump on Monday announced the federal government was taking control of Washington, D.C.’s police department, sending federal law enforcement and the National Guard throughout the nation’s capital to tackle crime.

The show of force was necessary to tame Washington’s out-of-control criminal activity, Trump said, though actual crime in the city is at its lowest point in decades . Some 800 National Guard troops will deploy in the city, joining about 500 federal agents diverted from various agencies to patrol the streets.

Only between 100 and 200 National Guard soldiers will be supporting law enforcement at any given time; they will perform duties including administrative tasks, logistics and “physical presence in support of law enforcement,” Army officials said in a statement. Th

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