Jeanine Pirro pressed about whether she supports Trump’s call to federalize DC

U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., Jeanine Pirro said on Thursday that her hands are tied with combating youth crime in response to a reporter asking if she supports a federal takeover of the District of Columbia.

The White House is considering a federal takeover of the nation’s capital to combat crime following attacks that occurred in the city in recent months. Pirro told a reporter during a press conference that while this move is President Donald Trump’s decision, she is determined to crack down on youth crime with harsher punishments.

“Do you support a federal takeover of Washington, D.C. as the president has suggested?” the reporter asked.

“That is a decision for the president. And I think that what the president was saying is that we’re seeing far too much crime being committed by young people, 14 15, 16 [and] 17 years old that I can’t get my hands on,” Pirro said. “I mean, I don’t know if you’ve seen some of the pictures, but young people are coddled and they don’t need to be coddled anymore. They need to be held accountable. They shouldn’t be going to arts and crafts in family court. They need to understand that enough is enough and that the D.C. Council has to repeal some of these absurds ordinances and laws that they’ve had passed. They do nothing to protect the people of this city and of this district.”

WATCH:

Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffer Edward Coristine, also known as “Big Balls,” intervened in a carjacking of a woman at around 3 a.m. on Sunday and got severely beaten by the suspects. Photographs in the aftermath of the incident showed Coristine covered in blood and appearing to have been hit in the face.

Trump said on Wednesday that he would consider bringing in the National Guard to fight violent crime following the beating of Coristine.

A shooting on June 30 killed 21-year-old congressional intern Eric Tarpinian-Jachym near a Washington, D.C., Metro station. Tarpinian-Jachym, who attended the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, was shot alongside two others when suspects emerged from a vehicle and allegedly shot at a group of people out in the open.

Two Israeli Embassy staffers, who were planning to get engaged, were fatally shot outside of the Capital Jewish Museum on May 22 by 31-year-old Elias Rodriguez. Pirro’s press conference focused on this shooting and the charges being brought against Rodriguez, whereas she said that there is no decision on whether the death penalty will be sought.

Pirro said that one 19-year-old suspect who shot a person in the chest was sentenced to probation, which she characterized as being unacceptable. The victim in the situation survived the shooting.

“The sentence was probation. We can’t have that,” Pirro continued. “And by the way, he wasn’t a kid. He was 19. These are the rules of D.C. Council. They’ve got to be changed. We got to have the ability to let people know that they’re gonna be accountable. And if you look at some of these pictures of these kids being beaten and bruised and bloodied up, and you want to tell me that it’s only a kid who did it. No, take a look at the bloodied up face and body and you’ll know that it’s more than little kids doing this kind of thing.”

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