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DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb spoke out against President Donald Trump 's plan for crime in Washington, D.C., during an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Tuesday.

"We as public officials need to do everything we can to drive crime down, and we have done that. Unfortunately, the president's characterizations of what's happening on the ground here in the District of Columbia is not consistent with the facts. We have seen meaningful, significant drops in crime since I was elected in 2023, when there was a crime – spiked crimes. Violent crimes have consistently gone down every year," Schwalb said.

"We do not believe we need this takeover of MPD. Our Home Rule Act provides that, while we do have limited authority to gov

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