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Janine Peru, the US lawyer for the Colombia Province, said that President Donald Trump’s decision to put the capital police under temporary federal control and the deployment of the National Guard on the country’s capital was a first step towards crime crime.
“We are now in the process of drawing the attention of citizens committed to the law, not only in the capital, but throughout the country, we will not tolerate this crime Out of control In the capital of the nation, she said on Monday on “Hanity”.
“This is the bright city of the hill that our ancestors spoke about. This is the place where Ronald Reagan spoke to look at him. In the end, it is an incredibly violent area.”
Peru, a former host at Fox News, joined Trump and other administration officials in the White House briefing room when the Supreme Commander announced the changes and the rise in federal law enforcement.
Shring senior Democrats on social media on “Bonkers” reactions to Trump’s plan for the capital’s crimes: “a tremendous liar”
American lawyer Janine Peru, from the right, Director of the FBI Cash Patel and the Public Attorney Pam Bondi listens to the time when President Donald Trump speaks with correspondents in the Chamber of Press Conferences James Brady at the White House, on Monday, August 11, 2025, in Washington. ((AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein))
Trump books In fact, his social account He wants to make the federal boycott one of the safest cities in the world and called for an accusation to teenagers who are not more than 14 years old.
The comments came after the former DOGE employee, Edward Corestine, nicknamed the “Big Balls” operation, was attacked.
Two 15 years old they have Since then he was arrested He was charged with unarmed secret operations in relation to the Corestine attack, according to the Metropolitan Police Administration (MPD).
The American lawyer says “enough” because the crime of youth highlights the nation’s capital
The American Capitol police officer enters his car on the sidewalk near the American Capitol in Washington, DC, on August 8, 2025. ((Photo by Gim Watson/AFP via Getty Images))
Peru told Fox News Sean Hanity that the juvenile elimination system in the capital focuses on rehabilitation more than accountability.
“We have an area where criminals are encouraged for several reasons,” the Federal Prosecutor said.
“They know that these small gangs – or, as they call them here, know the crews – that if they are 14, 15, 16 or 17, they are less
She added: “Unless we get our hands on them and what we did not even have the ability to punish them, they encourage and laugh at us.”
The FBI director Cash Patel with the FBI agents in Washington, DC on August 11, outside the park police station, the command center to suppress the new administration for the crime in the country’s capital. (For the sake of courtesy: The FBI, which was provided exclusively to Fox News Digital)
MPD mentioned 7 % decreased in total crime and 26 % reduction in violent crimes in Washington, DC, starting on Monday, compared to the same period in 2024.
Mayor of the capital, Morel Bowser cited a decrease In crime accidents since the Covid-19s, after a rise in 2023, they indicated that the city is at its lowest level for 30 years in a violent crime.
She described the deployment of the National Guard forces as “worrying and unprecedented”, but she pledged to work with federal officials to ensure the peace of the population.
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