Federal takeover in D.C as the President moves to take control of the city’s police force

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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A federal takeover in D.C. as the President moves to take control of the city’s police force, with the plan to send in hundreds of national guard troops to fight crime. A federal judge rejected the government’s request to unseal Grand Jury records in the criminal case of Ghislaine Maxwell, writing that the request could be seen as an illusion of transparency instead of actual transparency. Trump tries to manage expectations for his highly-anticipated summit with Putin, as the two leaders are expected to meet in Alaska this Friday to discuss ending the war in Ukraine. Luke Broadwater, Susan Glasser, David Drucker, Barbara McQuade, Bharat Ramamurti, Brendan Greeley, and David Kirkpatrick join The 11th Hour this Monday night.

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0:00.0	Tonight, a federal takeover in D.C.
0:04.0	The president moves to take control of the city's police force and sends in the National Guard.
0:10.0	Then a federal judge denies the DOJ's push to unsealed grand jury records in the criminal case of convicted sex trafficker,
0:19.0	Elaine Maxwell, his scathing rejection of the government's
0:21.9	request. Plus, Trump tries to manage expectations for his highly anticipated Alaska summit
0:28.1	with Putin as the 11th hour gets underway on this Monday night.
0:35.7	Good evening once again. I am Stephanie Ruhl, and it is day 204 of the second Trump administration, and today
0:42.3	Donald Trump announced he will take over Washington, D.C.,'s police force and send in hundreds of
0:48.6	National Guard troops in an effort to fight crime. Tonight, a White House official says those troops
0:54.3	will be on the ground as soon as tomorrow.
0:56.7	Trump says Washington is one of the most dangerous cities
0:59.5	in the world, even though D.C. police statistics
1:03.1	show violent crime there is at a 30-year low.
1:06.7	My colleague, Gay Gutierrez, has those details
1:09.6	and gets us started tonight.
1:12.0	In the nation's capital, tonight a dramatic change after crime scenes like these.
1:17.4	President Trump declaring a public safety emergency deploying 800 National Guard troops to D.C.
1:22.9	And taking control of the district's police department.
1:26.3	This is Liberation Day in D.C. and we're going to take our capital back.
1:31.3	That federal takeover can last up to 30 days without congressional approval.
1:35.3	The troops set to fan out across D.C. over the next week, the White House says,
1:39.3	to protect federal assets and deter violent crime.
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