President Trump Issues Executive Order on Declaring Crime Emergency in D.C.
August 12, 2025
August 12, 2025
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- President Trump issued the following executive order on Aug. 11, 2025:
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DECLARING A CRIME EMERGENCY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 740 of the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act (Public Law 93-198), as amended (section 740 of the Home Rule Act), and section 301 of title 3 . . .
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DECLARING A CRIME EMERGENCY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 740 of the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act (Public Law 93-198), as amended (section 740 of the Home Rule Act), and section 301 of title 3 . . .