The chairman of the Washington, D.C., Council said crime in the nation’s capital “is at the lowest rates we’ve seen in 30 years” after President Trump threatened a federal takeover of the

“Washington, DC is an amazing city, but it has been plagued by violent crime for far too long,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement. “President Trump has directed an increased presence of federal law enforcement to protect innocent citizens. Starting tonight, there will be no safe harbor for violent criminals in D.C.”