A new House committee report is criticizing Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith's leadership and accuses her of, at times, directing commanders to manipulate crime data.

The interim report by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform says the chief was trying to make it appear that crime is low in the Nation's capital.

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The chief has been under pressure about crime statistics for months. This is the second federal report in just two days to call out the chief for allegedly manipulating stats to make the city appear safer. It also accuses her of creating a culture of toxicity.

While the chief has denied these allegations, last week, she announced she's leaving the department.

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