The Justice Department has opened an investigation into whether police officials in Washington, D.C., have falsified data to make crime rates appear lower than they are, according to two people familiar with the probe who weren't authorized to publicly discuss an open investigation.

The Department of Justice is investigating whether police in Washington, D.C., manipulated crime data and statistics.

After cutting DC's budget and federal security funding, Trump sent 1,500 troops to patrol the city's wealthiest neighborhoods, claiming it's about crime — but residents aren't buying it.

The number of National Guard troops patrolling Washington, D.C., will more than double in the coming days after Mississippi, Ohio, South Carolina and West Virginia in the past several days committed troops to President Trump’s federal takeover of the city.