President Donald Trump pledged Thursday that “phony” Washington crime data would be investigated amid his federal takeover of the local police.

“They are under investigation right now,” Trump said from the Oval Office. “They are giving us phony crime stats, just like they gave other stats in the financial world. But they’re phony crime stats, and Washington, D.C., is at its worst point, and it will soon be at its best point.”

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The president announced a monthlong takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department on Monday, and National Guard troops are now stationed inside th

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