The Trump administration announced charges Friday against two teens with “prior violent juvenile records” in the murder of a congressional intern in Washington, D.C, according to multiple reports.

Two unidentified 17-year-olds have been charged as adults in the shooting that left Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, 21, dead from a stray bullet in the Mount Vernon Square neighborhood in June, local media outlets reported. U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro reportedly highlighted the suspects’ past criminal records as an example of what she deems overly lenient juvenile crime laws in the nation’s capital.

President Donald Trump cited juvenile crime as a top factor in D.C.’s violent crime just before starting a federal law enforcement crackdown across the district i

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