Washington DC’s top federal prosecutor says that her office will pursue the toughest criminal charges for arrests made in the Trump administration’s purported crime crackdown, even as the office softens enforcement of a DC law that makes it illegal to possess rifles and shotguns in the city.

The policy changes, according to people briefed on the matter, come as US Attorney Jeanine Pirro seeks to bolster support for President Donald Trump’s declaration of a crime emergency, which has included a takeover of the municipal police department and surge of federal law enforcement and National Guard troops in parts of the city.

The change appears to have already had an impact in DC’s Superior Court, where most misdemeanor, street crime and domestic violence charges are prosecuted like in a local

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