Arrests under President Donald Trump’s federal crime crackdown in Washington, D.C., have blown past 1,000 as the nation’s capital marked its 12th consecutive day without a homicide, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced Monday.
Pirro said that on Sunday alone there were 86 arrests and 10 illegal guns seized, bringing the totals to 1,007 arrests and 111 guns taken off the streets.
“What does that mean? They can’t be used to shoot people, to kill people,” Pirro said Monday on “Fox & Friends,” referring to the weapons seizures. “And on top of all of that, we’ve got a government now where the people in D.C. are feeling safer. They know that there is a president who’s looking to protect them.”
“The good news is that they’re afraid to commit crimes when you have an increased law enforcement people in the community, especially the crime-ridden community, they’re saying thank you,” Pirro said. “They’re afraid to commit crimes because they know that being accountable – Johnson ought to hope that the president comes there to clean up the mess in Chicago.”
Chicago, home to about 2.7 million people, has topped the nation in homicides for 13 straight years, logging 573 in 2024 alone, according to the city’s own figures.
Trump on Monday signed an executive order targeting Washington, D.C. that instructs police to charge suspects with federal crimes and hold them in federal custody to avoid cashless bail.
The president also signed an executive order that seeks to end cashless bail by threatening to revoke federal funding from jurisdictions that use it.
The updated D.C. crime statistics come as National Guard units deployed in Washington, D.C., have been authorized to carry firearms, the D.C. National Guard said – and some troops have already been observed armed on patrol.
Trump activated the National Guard in Washington, D.C., earlier this month as part of an effort to curb violent crime, sweeping up gang members, robbery suspects and immigration violators.
President Donald Trump speaks as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on Aug. 25, 2025, backed up by, from left, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
The operation began quietly Aug. 7 with the launch of the “Making D.C. Safe and Beautiful” task force that Trump created in March through an executive order.
The president escalated it on Aug. 11 by temporarily seizing federal control of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) under emergency powers in the Home Rule Act, the first such move in U.S. history.
Along with the National Guard and FBI, the crackdown has brought in a wide range of federal agencies – including the U.S. Marshals, ATF, DEA, Capitol Police and Park Police – to work alongside local officers in crime-ridden neighborhoods.
