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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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“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.