US Justice Dept probes whether Washington police falsified crime data
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The investigation comes amid an escalating – and political – showdown between the Trump administration and the city over control of the police department.
It was not immediately clear which federal laws could have been violated by the possible manipulation of crime data.
US President
Donald Trump has claimed that violent crime in Washington is getting worse as he ordered a federal takeover of the city's police department, flooding the streets with
hundreds of National Guard members
But he exaggerated or misstated many facts about public safety in Washington, where crime rates have fallen in recent years.
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Mayor Muriel Bowser's office declined to comment on the investigation. A spokesperson for US Attorney Jeannine Pirro's office in Washington did not respond to emails seeking comment.
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