Overview

• President Trump invoked Section 40 of the District’s Home Rule Act on August 5, transferring command of the Metropolitan Police Department to federal authorities and sending in National Guard troops.
• A White House fact sheet reports that juvenile arrests in Washington have risen annually since 2020, with many minors charged in multiple violent crime cases.
• Attorney General Brian Schwalb says his office is prosecuting more juvenile cases than before the pandemic and notes a mayoral executive order has expanded juvenile detention capacity.
• Schwalb emphasizes that adults commit most violent crimes in the city and that the U.S. Attorney’s Office maintains jurisdiction over adult prosecutions under existing law.
• Metropolitan Police Department records obtained by media outlets show officers arrested two 15-year-olds linked to the Dupont Circle beating after an estimated ten suspects fled the scene.