In an article published on August 6, 2025, by WJLA ABC News 7, Timothy Maloney discussed the likelihood of a federal takeover of Washington, D.C., following an attack on a man identified as a former Department of Government Oversight and Enforcement (DOGE) employee.
While a full federal intervention in D.C. may seem unlikely, Tim explained that there are still legal avenues available to the President.
“I think it’s a lot of chest-beating on the part of the President, but the fact is that there are things the president can do to put pressure on the local government, such as taking over the police department or pressuring Congress to nullify some laws,” Tim said. “For instance, Congress nullified the DC criminal revisions, criminal code revision, a few years ago. So the federal government is not without power, and the reason is that the District of Columbia is a federally created district. It’s been that way since 1789.”
Read the full article “Former cops divided over Trump’s threat amid rising juvenile crime rates in DC.” (PDF)
