Biden appointee refuses to enforce the law in Washington D.C.

[excalibur]

This is one hack political appointee, a Biden grifter.

We’ve heard a lot about crime in Washington D.C. Both because crime has spiked in the city, and because the D.C. local government is filled with a bunch of prosecution-averse politicians.

Two high-profile crimes–one against a Minnesota Congresswoman named Angie Craig, and another against an aide to Rand Paul–have upped the visibility of D.C.’s crime problem. After Craig’s assault, Congress vetoed a criminal justice reform measure that the D.C. government was pushing.

All this leaves the impression that the real problem in Washington D.C. is a Leftist local government that coddles criminals.

That impression is wrong, or at least incomplete. It turns out that a big piece of the puzzle is Joe Biden’s choice for U.S. Attorney in the District.

Washington D.C. is, ultimately, run by the federal government. There is nominal local government, but unlike the several states, the ultimate responsibility lies with the federal government. It was set up that way by the founders to (try to) ensure that the government itself didn’t become an overwhelming political actor with its own interests. Technically the states run the District through the federal government, which is of course run by Congress and the President.

This is why there is always talk about DC statehood–essentially overruling the Constitution and making the federal government itself a state.

This is all background to understanding this: the U.S. Attorney, not a local District Attorney, is the prosecutor for the District. He is a Joe Biden appointee.

And he doesn’t prosecute crimes.

Or, should I say, he refuses to prosecute 2/3rds of all crimes charged in the District. That’s some “prosecutorial discretion.”

As you might imagine, the Metro Police aren’t happy. They catch the bad guys, and Biden’s appointee lets them go.

As the District grapples with rising crime and increasing attention from federal lawmakers over public safety issues, a startling statistic emerged in recent weeks.

Last year, federal prosecutors in the District’s U.S. attorney’s office chose not to prosecute 67 percent of those arrested by police officers in cases that would have been tried in D.C. Superior Court.

That figure, first reported earlier this month on the substack DC Crime Facts, nearly doubled from 2015, when prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney’s office declined to prosecute 35 percent of such cases.

The increased number of declined cases has sparked frustration among city leaders who are already under a national microscope from members of Congress for their crime fighting efforts. The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability is scheduled to hold a hearing Wednesday where Republicans will examine management of D.C., particularly on crime and safety. Earlier this month, the Senate joined the House of Representatives in voting to reject an overhaul of the city’s criminal code, in part because it called for reducing penalties for certain crimes, including carjacking.

Of course, Congress was right to reject the ridiculously woke “reform” of the city’s criminal code, but if the prosecutor refuses to prosecute it really doesn’t make a bit of difference whether something is illegal or not.

Biden’s appointee is Matthew Graves, and he insists he is doing his job. I’m not quite sure that he knows that his job is to prosecute criminals, though.

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Biden appointee refuses to enforce the law in Washington D.C.

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[struth]

what a slap in the face to police. If folks don’t like the laws on the books, repeal them…don’t ask as cop to go out there and risk their lives enforcing laws only to not prosecute them.

 

[1srelluc]

Well we saw what the leftists there wanted, they would have got it too if the House had not changed hands....Sure as shit.

 

[mamooth]

Back in reality ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/03/29/us-attorneys-office-charges-declined-dc-police/

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Graves said footage from body-worn cameras has also increased the number of arrests prosecutors walk away from, as they review at an earlier stage whether police have gathered enough evidence to support a conviction.
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Oops. Looks like the police can't fake pinning crimes on minorities any more, which is enraging the usual suspects.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

Washington D.C. is, ultimately, run by the federal government. There is nominal local government, but unlike the several states, the ultimate responsibility lies with the federal government. It was set up that way by the founders to (try to) ensure that the government itself didn’t become an overwhelming political actor with its own interests. Technically the states run the District through the federal government, which is of course run by Congress and the President.​

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Which is exactly why I am offended and violated by the Grand Witch of the DC chapter of the New Klux Klan (BLM), Muriel Bowser, and the virtual cross burning in the form of a painted ‘Black Lives Matter’ that they have perpetually smoldering on the streets of my capital city, the capital city of the people of the US and not just residents of DC. Washington DC has become nothing more than the original version of CHAZ, harboring the New Klux Klan.

 

[Independentthinker]

This is one hack political appointee, a Biden grifter.

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We’ve heard a lot about crime in Washington D.C. Both because crime has spiked in the city, and because the D.C. local government is filled with a bunch of prosecution-averse politicians.​

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Two high-profile crimes–one against a Minnesota Congresswoman named Angie Craig, and another against an aide to Rand Paul–have upped the visibility of D.C.’s crime problem. After Craig’s assault, Congress vetoed a criminal justice reform measure that the D.C. government was pushing.​

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All this leaves the impression that the real problem in Washington D.C. is a Leftist local government that coddles criminals.​

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That impression is wrong, or at least incomplete. It turns out that a big piece of the puzzle is Joe Biden’s choice for U.S. Attorney in the District.​

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Washington D.C. is, ultimately, run by the federal government. There is nominal local government, but unlike the several states, the ultimate responsibility lies with the federal government. It was set up that way by the founders to (try to) ensure that the government itself didn’t become an overwhelming political actor with its own interests. Technically the states run the District through the federal government, which is of course run by Congress and the President.​

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This is why there is always talk about DC statehood–essentially overruling the Constitution and making the federal government itself a state.​

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This is all background to understanding this: the U.S. Attorney, not a local District Attorney, is the prosecutor for the District. He is a Joe Biden appointee.​

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And he doesn’t prosecute crimes.​

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Or, should I say, he refuses to prosecute 2/3rds of all crimes charged in the District. That’s some “prosecutorial discretion.”​

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As you might imagine, the Metro Police aren’t happy. They catch the bad guys, and Biden’s appointee lets them go.​

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Of course, Congress was right to reject the ridiculously woke “reform” of the city’s criminal code, but if the prosecutor refuses to prosecute it really doesn’t make a bit of difference whether something is illegal or not.​

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Biden’s appointee is Matthew Graves, and he insists he is doing his job. I’m not quite sure that he knows that his job is to prosecute criminals, though.​

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Biden appointee refuses to enforce the law in Washington D.C.

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Democrats have a huge crime problem on their hands and they have no solution to it, other than the very same policies which have led to this in the first place.