Weeks before President Donald Trump federalized the Washington, D.C., police, the Metropolitan Police Department was hit with accusations of allegedly juking crime stats for more favorable results.

The order by a federal official to replace the police chief of the Metropolitan Police Department on an "emergency" basis has been deemed unlawful by D.C.'s AG.

At least one high-ranking officer has been suspended so far over the disturbing allegations, which the DC Police Union has said effectively reflect standard operating procedure.

Democratic lawmakers are pushing a joint resolution to put the kibosh on President Trump's use of the D.C. Metropolitan Police force for federal purposes.

President Trump said he would take over Washington, D.C.’s police force and deploy National Guard troops to fight crime and car thefts.

District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb said in a new lawsuit that President Donald Trump is going far beyond his power under the law.

The District of Columbia's attorney general sued Donald Trump on Friday in a bid to impede his attempted takeover of Washington's police force, escalating a power struggle between the Republican U.S.

Brian Schwalb, the attorney general for the District of Columbia, filed a lawsuit in federal court in Washington on Friday challenging the Trump administration's takeover of the Metropolitan Police De

The showdown in Washington is the latest attempt by Trump to test the boundaries of his legal authority to carry out his tough-on-crime agenda, relying on obscure statutes and a supposed state of emergency to speed up the mass deportation of people in the United States illegally.

Following earlier orders from President Donald Trump and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi directing Drug Enforcement Administrator Terry Cole to assume control of MPD, D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb sued the Trump administration.