Fact Check: Yes, DC Police Crime Lab Lost Its Certifications in 2021 and Still Doesn’t Have Them All Back – While Prosecutions Plummeted

When President Donald Trump announced a crime emergency in Washington, D.C., allowing him to federalize the police department and deploy federal law enforcement and the National Guard, critics said that violent crime in the city was falling and local authorities had it under control. Well, it turns out that violent...