Fox News contributor Ted Williams, a former member of the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, challenged President Donald Trump ahead of a possible move to federalize law enforcement in the district.
In a post to Truth Social on Sunday, Trump said that homeless people would have to move “far” away from the nation’s capital and that criminals would be imprisoned.
“I found it troubling because I also practiced law in the District of Columbia is that the president of the United States would say that crime is out of control,” Williams told host Jon Scott on Sunday. “I take exception to that. Crime is not out of control in the District of Columbia.”
Williams said he suspected that Trump decided to take action in D.C. after the attempted carjacking of a former DOGE staffer.
“I would like to ask Mr. Trump. Where were you last month when a three-year-old child, Honesty Cheadle, was shot and killed as the result of crime in the District of Columbia?” Williams remarked. “Don’t use this as a pretext to actually eradicate home rule. And that seemed to be what Mr. Trump is interested in.”