Crime Crackdown: Trump Announces Federal Takeover of D.C. Police, Deploys National Guard

The Rich Zeoli Show

Audacy

News

4.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 1: 3:05pm- On Monday, President Donald Trump announced a 30-day federal takeover of Washington D.C.’s police department—while simultaneously deploying 800 National Guard troops—to fight violent crime in the nation’s capital. At the White House press briefing, Trump announced Attorney General Pam Bondi will oversee the federal takeover—while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will provide military support “if needed.” Additionally, the administration will assign 120 F.B.I. agents to conduct nighttime patrols throughout Washington D.C. 3:30pm- In response to President Donald Trump’s decision to temporarily take control of Washington D.C.’s police department, police union chairman Gregg Pemberton explained: "We completely agree with the President that crime in the District of Columbia is out of control and something needs to be done with it." Meanwhile, Mayor Muriel Bowser has responded by insisting D.C. needs “full statehood.” 3:40pm- President Donald Trump explained to the press why crime is out of control in Washington D.C.: “This dire public safety crisis stems directly from the abject failures of the city's local leadership. The radical left City Council adopted no cash bail."

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	The Rich Zioly Show podcast is sponsored by Mike Vaneria Jr.
0:03.6	With Osperity Private Wealth.
0:05.4	Hi, I'm Mike Vaneria Jr., wealth management specialists.
0:08.2	Make your retirement dreams a reality by creating your retirement plan today.
0:11.7	Call me at 856-252-0107.
0:16.0	I'm not going to torture you with having to listen to Mayor Bowser.
0:18.7	She's speaking right now.
0:20.0	But basically, I watched an interview that the head of the D.C. police union did with
0:26.3	Sandra Smith on Fox News.
0:28.4	And he said that they completely agree with this.
0:31.5	And the big problem is that the laws that have been passed in the last five years in D.C.
0:39.4	have completely tied the hands of the police, completely tied their hands.
0:43.3	And they have a woke prosecutor who doesn't charge people.
0:47.7	And as Judge Janine pointed out today in the press conference, which will play clips from,
0:55.3	they can't do anything with juveniles.
0:56.4	In fact, the head of the police union was saying that when they have a juvenile, they have
1:00.9	to get permission, the police dude, get permission to arrest them, and nine times out of
1:06.2	10, even if it's a heinous crime, they don't get the permission.
1:11.5	And the, look, the bottom line is this.
1:14.0	People want safe streets.
1:15.4	They want safe streets.
1:16.5	And all the people in the media bubble, like at CNN, who are freaking out over this today, they live in safe neighborhoods.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Audacy, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Audacy and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.