President Trump said he would take over Washington, D.C.’s police force and deploy National Guard troops to fight crime and car thefts.

House and Senate Democrats on Friday introduced legislation that would end the Trump administration’s control of Washington’s police department, part of an escalating effort to fight President Trump’s takeover of the nation’s capital.

At least one high-ranking officer has been suspended so far over the disturbing allegations, which the DC Police Union has said effectively reflect standard operating procedure.

Declaring what he called "Liberation Day in DC," Trump invoked Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to place the Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control for up to 30 days. The action comes despite D.C. police data showing violent crime has dropped 26% compared to last year.

The Department of Justice is reportedly investigating whether the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C., has been manipulating crime statistics following allegations made by President Donald Trump and the head of the district’s police union.

Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen believes his Republican colleagues will not allow President Donald Trump to keep the Washington, D.C., police department under federal control indefinitely. Van Hollen explained that,

Wikipedia* On the C-SPAN Networks: District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department has hosted 1 event in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 2013 News Conference.

Following earlier orders from President Donald Trump and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi directing Drug Enforcement Administrator Terry Cole to assume control of MPD, D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb sued the Trump administration.