D.C. officials have pointed to stats showing drops in violent crime to push back on Trump’s police takeover, now stretching into its third week.

House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) launched an investigation Monday into President Trump's allegations that D.C. crime data is being manipulated by local police leadership. Why it matters: The action comes less than a week after the Justice Department announced a federal probe into the statistics.

In response to allegations that Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department manipulated its crime data, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is launching an investigation. Chairman Rep.