Does Washington, D.C. Need Federal Intervention?

华盛顿特区需要联邦干预吗?

What A Day

2025-08-20

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On Tuesday, the Department of Justice announced it's launching a much-needed and super important investigation into Washington D.C.'s crime statistics. The DOJ said it's looking into whether the stats have been QUOTE: "manipulated" to make the crime rate seem lower. Why, might you ask, is the DOJ using time, money, and resources to look into this? Probably because it's searching for a way to justify President Donald Trump's takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department and deployment of National Guard troops to the district. However, it has been roughly two weeks since Trump's takeover, and we have some questions. Is DC's crime problem really that bad? And is it better now after federal intervention? We spoke with journalist Josh Barro. He's also co-host of the podcast "Serious Trouble". And in headlines, the Trump administration decides it doesn't want feedback from its federal employees, the White House says arrangements for a meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Putin are underway, and Oklahoma is making sure teachers from California and New York aren't "woke". Show Notes: Check out Josh's post – https://tinyurl.com/2rrxxrsfCall Congress – 202-224-3121Subscribe to the What A Day Newsletter – https://tinyurl.com/3kk4nyz8What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcastFollow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday
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  • It's Wednesday, August 20th.

  • I'm Jane Koston, and this is What A Day,

  • the show that has enough to worry about without the threat of radioactive shrimp at Walmart.

  • Yes, you heard me.

  • The FDA announced Tuesday that some shrimp available for purchase at Walmart may have been contaminated by a radioactive isotope.

  • Again, we've got enough going on.

  • We don't need radioactive shrimp.

  • On today's show,

  • Oklahoma rolls out a special assessment for teachers moving from New York and California to determine

  • if they're too woke to teach.

  • And the federal government tells workers, nah,

  • we're good on your feedback, and cancels an annual employee survey.

  • But let's start with Washington, D.C.

  • The Department of Justice announced on Tuesday it's launching a criminal investigation into D.C.'s crime statistics and whether or not they've been,

  • quote, manipulated to make the crime rate seem lower.

  • Now, this isn't a new accusation.

  • Back in May,

  • the Metropolitan Police Department put one of its police commanders on leave amidst allegations that he made changes to crime data.

  • But of course, this isn't really about facts.

  • I mean, it never really is.