Trump threatens federal management of D.C. following assault on administration staffer generally known as ‘Massive Balls’

President Donald Trump threatened Tuesday to have the federal authorities take management of Washington, D.C., after an assault on a widely known authentic staffer for the Division of Authorities Effectivity within the nation’s capital over the weekend.

Edward Coristine, additionally identified by his on-line identify, “Massive Balls,” and a girl characterised in a police report as his important different have been the victims of an unarmed tried carjacking early Sunday.

Washington Metropolitan Police on Tuesday introduced the arrests of two 15-year-old suspects from Maryland.

In a social media publish that didn’t point out Coristine by identify, Trump described crime in Washington as being “completely uncontrolled.”

“Native ‘youths’ and gang members, some solely 14, 15, and 16-years-old, are randomly attacking, mugging, maiming, and taking pictures harmless Residents, on the identical time figuring out that they are going to be nearly instantly launched,” Trump wrote on Fact Social, saying minors as younger as 14 needs to be tried as adults.

“If D.C. doesn’t get its act collectively, and rapidly, we may have no alternative however to take Federal management of the Metropolis, and run this Metropolis the way it needs to be run, and put criminals on discover that they’re not going to get away with it anymore,” he added.

Former DOGE head Elon Musk posted a screenshot of Trump’s Fact Social publish on X and echoed his name to have the federal authorities take management of Washington.

Musk additionally referred to an unnamed DOGE staffer in his publish.

“A couple of days in the past, a gang of a few dozen younger males tried to assault a girl in her automotive at evening in DC,” Musk wrote on X. “A @Doge crew member noticed what was occurring, ran to defend her and was severely overwhelmed to the purpose of concussion, however he saved her.”

The police report stated the automobile belonged to Coristine.

The report added that law enforcement officials noticed about 10 “juveniles” surrounding the automotive and assaulting Coristine, which prompted the officers to get out of their automobile and all however two of the juveniles, whom police arrested, to flee. Police stated that in an interview, Coristine stated he pushed the girl recognized as his important different into the automotive and “turned to take care of the suspects,” who in flip assaulted him.

Police stated the case is below investigation by the Carjacking Process Power, with a number of suspects excellent.

Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. legal professional for Washington, posted a video on X on Tuesday saying she had simply met with Trump to debate “crime within the nation’s capital.”

“Our job is to get weapons off the road, medication off the road, care for these people who’re threatening, carjacking different folks, and make this metropolis protected and clear once more. And that’s simply what we’re going to do. And in the event you don’t purchase into it, you’re going to must take care of us,” Pirro stated.

She didn’t point out Coristine in her video.

Regardless of Trump’s claims of “uncontrolled” violence within the metropolis, violent crime is down 26% from final 12 months, based on preliminary police figures. On the identical time, the alleged assault on Coristine comes a few month after a 21-year-old congressional intern was caught in crossfire and fatally shot in Washington.

Trump has beforehand expressed a need to “clear up” the nation’s capital and has threatened a federal takeover of town, which already has restricted means to self-govern. Congress has the power to rescind these powers at its and the president’s discretion.