Trump Says DC Crime Rampant; Data Shows Violent Crime Is Down

Laura Coates Live

CNN

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4.2 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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President Trump, justifying his temporary federal takeover of policing in the nation’s capital, claimed at a press conference Monday that the violent crime situation in Washington, DC, “is getting worse, not getting better.” But violence in the capital is actually falling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.5	All right, well, Trump's taken over D.C., FBI agents are ordered on patrol.
0:37.8	The National Guard has been activated and other cities have been warned they may be up next.
0:43.2	Well, the mayor of Baltimore is standing by with his response tonight.
0:46.8	Can't wait to hear what he has to say.
0:48.7	Plus, a federal judge is calling BS on the DOJ's request to release grand jury transcripts in the Galane Maxwell case.
0:56.4	Why he says, it's all just a smokescreen.
0:59.8	And just where are expectations for the Trump Putin summit?
1:03.9	Well, Trump is giving us some hints tonight on Laura Coates Live.
1:15.9	All right, it's Monday.
1:17.9	Time for a pop quiz.
1:24.1	If you had to pick just one issue that President Trump loves to put his finger on more than any other, what would it be?
1:27.0	I'm going to give you a second to think about it.
1:29.3	You got it?
1:31.3	Well, if you pick crime or law and order, you might be on to something.
1:36.3	Because today he announced his plan for the federal government to take over the DC police.
1:42.3	And the show of force, it was real. I mean, almost half of his cabinet
1:46.0	was standing alongside him when he said it.
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