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Karoline Leavitt: “President Trump declared a crime emergency in the District…”

Featuring: Karoline Leavitt, Republican | White House Press Secretary | National

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BREAKING NEWS: Leavitt Holds White House Press Briefing After Trump Starts Federal Takeover Of DC

Published | Video Starts at 02:30

The America first economic agenda is working on another matter. Yesterday, President Trump took bold action to finally restore law and order right here in our nation's capital. The President Trump declared a crime emergency in the District of Columbia, federalized the D.C. police Department and mobilized the D.C. national Guard. to end violent crime and in our nation's capital as part of the President's massive law enforcement surge last night, approximately 850 officers and agents were surged across the city. (02:30–02:40)

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Asserts that Trump declared a crime emergency and took control of D.C.'s police and National Guard.

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