Crime, Punishment, and the DC Federal Takeover | Charles Fain Lehman

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Dan Crenshaw

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🗓️ 10 September 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

After President Trump’s federalization of DC law enforcement, attention is turning to the root causes of violent crime and the policies needed to restore safety in America’s cities. Manhattan Institute’s Charles Fain Lehman joins Rep. Crenshaw to break down the data, the myths, and the realities behind the crime waves in DC and other urban areas – from bail reform and policing shortages to homelessness, public disorder, and the social contagion of mass shootings. A hard look at what’s working, what isn’t, and what it will take to make our communities safe again.

Charles Fain Lehman is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute and senior editor of City Journal. He focuses primarily on the public policy of antisocial behavior, including issues of crime, drugs, and public disorder. Find him on X at @CharlesFLehman and read his research at Manhattan Institute.

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0:00.0	We hold these truths to be self-evident. That all men are created. As a member of Congress, I get to have a lot of really interesting people in the office. Experts on what they're talking about. This is the podcast for insights into the issues. China, bioterrorism, Medicare for all, in-depth discussions. Breaking it down into simple terms. We hold. We hold these truths. We hold these truths.
0:21.2	With Dan Crenshaw.
0:22.2	The angle has landed.
0:24.6	Welcome back, folks.
0:25.3	Best podcast ever.
0:26.7	And a really cool guest with us today to talk about crime in D.C.
0:31.0	They've been in the headlines a lot lately.
0:32.6	I've got a lot of questions about it in recent town halls, which I thought was odd since I live in Houston.
0:38.7	But a lot of concerns about federal law enforcement takeover of D.C.
0:42.8	What's really happening in D.C. are the stats reels, the crime real.
0:46.3	And so, you know, I was happy to give my take on that, just living here half the time.
0:50.5	But today we have a, someone actually studies the issue with us. Charles
0:54.4	Fain Lehman. Thanks for being with us.
0:56.2	Absolutely. Happy to be here.
0:57.5	So Charles is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute, senior editor of City Journal, focusing
1:04.2	on the public policy of antisocial behavior, issues of crime, drugs, and public disorder.
1:10.7	You've testified before the Senate, the House, the Commission on Civil Rights, issues of crime, drugs, and public disorder.
1:16.0	You've testified before the Senate, the House, the Commission on Civil Rights, all sorts of things. So, I mean, what's, so you're, you study this for a living.
1:21.9	You probably know a lot about this particular problem set the most.
1:25.2	I kind of want to start from the beginning.
1:26.3	Like, one question I've had, and I don't think it matters. particular problem set the most I kind of want to start from the beginning like one
1:28.5	question I've had and I don't think it matters a whole lot it doesn't it doesn't
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