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Trump federalizes DC police, 103 arrested since Monday the repression

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First on Fox: Managers of the law application in Washington, DC, have arrested more than 100 people since August 7, Fox Digital learned, while President Donald Trump represses crime in the city.

The law enforcement officials arrested a total of 103 people from Wednesday morning since August 7, including 43 who were arrested on Tuesday, said a Fox Digital official on Wednesday morning. The arrests are part of Trump’s executive decree of Trump, who established to make a safe and magnificent working group, before Trump’s announcement on Monday, federalize the DC police service.

“The bold leadership of President Trump quickly returns the capital of our country safe,” the White House spokesman Taylor Rogers told Fox Digital. “In less than a week, more than 100 violent criminals have already been arrested and withdrawn from the streets of Washington, the president of DC Trump holds his campaign promise to clean this city and restore American grandeur to our expensive capital.”

Trump announced on Monday that he federalized the local police service under article 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, which allows the president to assume emergency control of the capital forces for 30 days.

The White House reported that there were around 30 troops of the National Guard on Tuesday evening, which should increase considerably on Wednesday evening, Fox Digital learned. The crime repression operation should move on to an exploitation status 24/7, breaking from its previous objective to patrol the national capital at night, said the White House.

FBI director Kash Patel supports Trump’s police control of Trump: “ When you let the good cops be cops, they deliver ” ‘

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The members of the National Guard facilitate the entries in the staging area of local and federal agencies for applying the law within the Center for Operations of the American Police Anacostia on August 12, 2025 in Washington. (Craig Hudson for the Washington Post via Getty Images)

Hundreds of members of the National Guard have since converged on the national capital, as well as federal law services such as the FBI, the Drug Encompement Administration, the Police of the American Capitol and the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives helping Trump’s reprimand and repression and swings of the city.

Tuesday’s Tuesday’s scanning included 1,450 participants in the police, according to the White House, including around 30 troops of the National Guard and 750 uniform police officers in uniform.

Tuesday’s arrests included: an alleged homicide order, seven linked to the narcotics of narcotics, 33 for alleged firearm offenses, 10 linked to mandates, as well as the arrests of 23 illegal immigrants. The police recovered a total of 24 firearms on Tuesday, according to the White House.

The first phase of the crime repression on Monday resulted in 23 arrests, revealed FBI director Kash Patel on X on Tuesday.

“On the first major push of FBI support @Potus @Realdonaldtrump Initiative to make DC again safe, the FBI reported 10 arrests with partners, “wrote the director on X.

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The Ministry of Homeland Security and American Marshal staff stop traffic on a person allegedly with expired labels and no driving license on August 12, 2025, in Washington. (Getty Images)

“These are just a few examples – we are just starting,” continued Patel. “The federal partners joined the local police and arrested 23 in total.”

“When you let the right cops be cops, they can clean our streets and do it quickly,” he said. “More to come. The capital of your country will be safe again.”

The national capital in the following years has been shook Who left innocent children slaughtered, a trend of minors committing car cars that have become fatal in some cases, display crimes and attacks against government employees, summer trainees and others, including the deadly shooter of the 21-year-old congress trainee, Eric Tarpinien-Jachym, in June.

Trump activates the national guard troops to fight against the crime “ completely out of control ” in Washington

National Guard vehicles seen in Washington.

The National Guard vehicles were stationed in Washington DC on Tuesday in the overvoltage of Trump administrations to combat crime in the capital. (Wttg)

Trump had threatened to federate DC police service in recent weeks, citing a series of high-level crimes that have murder of the inhabitants and visitors to the city, such as the murder of the Tarpinien-Jachym, the deadly shooting of a former Israeli efficiency employee in August.

“Our capital was overwhelmed by violent gangs and criminals thirsty for blood, itinerant crowds of young savages, drugged maniacs and homeless,” Trump said on Monday. “And we are not going to let it happen. We are not going to take it.”

Democratic legislators and local leaders criticized Trump during this decision, arguing that crime has dropped in recent years following the 2020 criminal criminal trends that have shaken the country’s cities.

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Trump described the federalization of the police as a “day of liberation at DC”, declaring “we are going to resume our capital”.

Trump speaks during press information

President Donald Trump described the federalization of the police as a “day of liberation at DC”, declaring: “We are going to resume our capital”. (Alex Brandon / The Associated Press)

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“We take it up under the authority which is the President of the United States, I officially invoke article 740 of the Columbia district law,” he said on Monday. “You know what it is. And place the DC Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control. … In addition, I deploy the National Guard to help restore law, order and public security in Washington, DC and they will be allowed to do their job properly. “”

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