The mother of a congressional intern who became a victim of crime in Washington, DC, when he was fatally shot is pushing back against the D.C. Council, saying President Donald Trump’s administration is taking her loss more seriously than those officials.

“[Tamara] Jachym said ‘of course’ the Trump administration is taking her son’s death more seriously than the D.C. Council. ‘Or [the D.C. Council] would change the laws so 12- to 17-year-olds are booked and charged for crimes and get jail time or juvenile detention,'” she explained to Fox News during an interview published Sunday.

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Jachym said she wants something to be done because council members are allowing suspects to commit serious crimes, adding that i

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