The Department of Justice has launched an investigation into Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department, alleging that the agency may have manipulated data to make crime rates appear lower, according to multiple reports.
News of the investigation, which is slated to be run out of U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro’s office, follows a post from President Donald Trump on Monday night that claimed without evidence that “D.C. gave Fake Crime numbers in order to create a false illusion of safety.”
“This is a very bad and dangerous thing to do, and they are under serious investigation for so doing!” Trump continued.