DC Police Chief accused of ‘Cooking the Books’ on Crime plus Trump Classifies Fentanyl as a WMD
The Ben Ferguson Podcast
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🗓️ 16 December 2025
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
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Crime Data Manipulation in Washington, D.C.
- Investigations by the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the House Oversight Committee revealed that crime statistics were deliberately misclassified by the Metropolitan Police Department.
- The outgoing police chief, Pamela Smith, allegedly pressured commanders to report lower crime figures, downgrade serious offenses, and even retaliated against those who tried to report accurate data.
- These actions created a “culture of fear” within the department, undermining public trust. While the conduct did not lead to criminal charges, it raised serious concerns about transparency and governance.
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Fentanyl Classified as a Weapon of Mass Destruction
- Former President Trump signed an executive order categorizing fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, citing its catastrophic impact on American lives.
- The order frames fentanyl as a national security threat, aligning it with nuclear and chemical weapons, and authorizes expanded measures against drug cartels.
- This initiative is part of a broader military and policy campaign targeting narcotics trafficking, including naval operations and sanctions against Venezuela’s leadership accused of narco-terrorism.
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| 0:26.8 | Good Tuesday morning. |
| 0:27.8 | It's so nice to have you with us on the 47 morning update, |
| 0:30.4 | and we've got two big stories for you that are not being covered by the mainstream media. |
| 0:35.3 | First up, the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, Judge Janine, said that |
| 0:40.3 | her office has an investigation into the Metropolitan Police Department of DC, and it |
| 0:46.3 | has revealed widespread misclassification deliberately of crime stats that made Washington DC's crime levels appear lower than they actually |
| 0:56.7 | were. How did they do it? And how bad was the fraud? We'll expose it all for you. Also, |
| 1:03.4 | the President of United States of America taking a major step to save many American lives, |
| 1:09.4 | classifying fentanyl now as a weapon of mass destruction. |
| 1:14.4 | So what does this mean for what he can do now to narco terrorists? |
| 1:18.6 | It's going to get the president even more power to go after them, |
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