LIVE: US Attorney for DC Jeanine Pirro holds a press conference

Watch live as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro holds a press conference. Some of the 800 National Guard members deployed by President Donald Trump began arriving in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. The White House ordered federal forces to take over the city’s police department and reduce crime in what the president called — without substantiation — a lawless city.

Post from AP on August 12, 2025