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…Last week, days after Coristine’s attack, #Trump ordered #federal law enforcement agents from several agencies to be deployed throughout #DC & called for more juveniles to be charged in the adult justice system. In the days leading up to Monday’s announcement, the #FBI began dispatching agents in overnight shifts to help local law enforcement address carjackings & violent crime.

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Nonilex
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Still, #DC officials, who had been working for months to coordinate with the White House, were caught by surprise by Trump’s announcement, said #MurielBowser, who at a news conference described pleading her case to #Trump personally. In their first meeting after Trump took office the second time, she said, they spoke about the #city’s improved efforts in combating #crime.

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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai

“In every conversation I have with him, we’re always briefing the president on our progress,” Bowser said. “We went over the crime trends. We went over how we’re seeing decreases. So the president is read in on our efforts.”
#PamBondi has not met w/the #DC #police chief, but had been expecting & prepared for Monday’s announcement, acc/to 2 people…. #TerryCole, head of the #DEA & newly named commissioner of the DC police, for the first time on Monday evening met w/DC Police Chief Pamela A. Smith.

Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai

An influx of arrests could hamstring an already understaffed US attorney’s office in #DC, which has seen dozens of prosecutors leave this admin…. 
The mayor said Monday that she had one call over the weekend that indicated #Trump might deploy the #NationalGuard but did not have reason to believe that the president would place the DC #police under direct #federal #control.

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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai

“I’m going to work every day to make sure it’s not a complete disaster,” #Bowser said at the Monday news conference, as she sought to downplay the impact of the #DC #takeover. “So we are going to work, every day, to get this emergency put to an end.” 
She paused briefly & added, “I’ll call it the so-called emergency.”

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