Overview

• Speaking at the Museum of the Bible, the president suggested incidents like "a little fight with the wife" are counted as crime, implying they should not be.
• Politicians and advocates denounced the remark, with Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes saying, "Yes, Mr. President, domestic violence is a crime."
• The White House said he was not downplaying domestic violence, according to spokesperson Abigail Jackson.
• Trump claimed crime in Washington is down "more than 87 percent," but MPD data show ongoing homicides, assaults, robberies and thefts despite recent declines.
• Reports highlighted prior administration limits on funding for domestic-violence services and noted that a federal appeals court upheld the $83 million defamation judgment in E. Jean Carroll’s case the same day.