The Department of Justice is reportedly investigating whether the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C., has been manipulating crime statistics following allegations made by President Donald Trump and the head of the district’s police union.

Departures from the Metropolitan Police Department spiked during amid the 2023 crime wave but has shown no signs of slowing down.

Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen believes his Republican colleagues will not allow President Donald Trump to keep the Washington, D.C., police department under federal control indefinitely. Van Hollen explained that,

Wikipedia* On the C-SPAN Networks: District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department has hosted 1 event in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 2013 News Conference.

President Trump said he would take over Washington, D.C.’s police force and deploy National Guard troops to fight crime and car thefts.

District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb said in a new lawsuit that President Donald Trump is going far beyond his power under the law.

House and Senate Democrats on Friday introduced legislation that would end the Trump administration’s control of Washington’s police department, part of an escalating effort to fight President Trump’s takeover of the nation’s capital.

D.C.'s attorney general deems unlawful the federal move to replace Washington's police chief, signaling a potential power struggle with federal authorities.

The showdown in Washington is the latest attempt by Trump to test the boundaries of his legal authority to carry out his tough-on-crime agenda, relying on obscure statutes and a supposed state of emergency to speed up the mass deportation of people in the United States illegally.