US Attorney Jeanine Pirro said in an interview Wednesday that she supports President Trump’s threat to federalize Washington, DC, if local officials don’t crack down on youth crime – arguing that juvenile delinquents are “coddled” in cities run by Democrats.
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“I support him totally,” Pirro said of Trump’s warning Tuesday that he would bring the District of Columbia under federal control if laws aren’t changed to prosecute minors as adults. “If that’s what we need to do to get it done, that’s what he should do. And I support the president.”
“He’s the only one coming here saying, ‘I want to make [DC] safe and beautiful.’ I haven’t heard anyone say that besides him,” Pirro added.
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“I said, if you’re 14, 15, 16, or 17-years-old, you get coddled, as you do in most American Democrat cities, so I can’t charge these people,” Pirro explained.
The US attorney went on to describe the early Sunday morning assault of former DOGE employee Edward Coristine, who was beaten up by as many as 10 assailants during an attempted carjacking just a mile from the White House, and how her hands are tied in that situation as well.
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“None of them come to my office because they’re not considered criminals,” Pirro railed. “They go to family court, where the effort is rehabilitation.”
“The DC Council – and the president is right – they’ve got to stop their coddling,” the top prosecutor demanded. “We’ve got to lower the age of responsibility to 14.”
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