The U.S. Department of Justice has reportedly launched an investigation into whether the Washington police have been manipulating data to show crime falling in the nation’s capital.
I can’t say this with 100% confidence because there have been cases in the past of police manipulating data to reduce crime rates, but I’m pretty sure this "investigation” will follow the path of most such efforts undertaken during the second presidency of Donald Trump and fizzle out once the president’s attention has moved elsewhere.
Also, while I normally hesitate to pretend to know the motivations of others, I think that by now it is 100% clear that President Trump does not care whether government statistics are accurate and if Washington crime rates continue to drop in coming months, as they probably will, he will trumpet this as evidence of the success of his partial takeover of city law enforcement.
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