FBI Director Kash Patel spoke to agents as the Trump administration places D.C. Metropolitan Police under federal control and activates National Guard troops amid high crime.

President Donald Trump is ramping up efforts to curb crime in the nation’s capital on Monday as he threatens a federal takeover of Washington, DC, with plans for FBI agents to patrol the streets all while city officials largely remain deferential to him.

According to Reuters, Trump is also "preparing to deploy hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington." He vowed to ramp up federal forces in D.C. and threatened a federal takeover of the capital after prominent DOGE official Edward "Big Balls" Coristine was injured in an Aug. 3 carjacking attempt.