House Oversight Committee report alleges DC police chief manipulated crime data
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House Committee Accuses DC Police Chief of Manipulating Crime Statistics
Did Chief Smith transform a troubled department and reduce crime, or did she systematically manipulate data to hide violence?
Above: Chief Pamela A. Smith of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department on Dec. 4, 2025. Image credit: Daniel Heuer/AFP/Getty Images
The Spin
Republican narrative
Democrats, who continually manipulate data to hide their failed policies, have been exposed. Smith cooked the books while criminal activity went unchecked — a playbook leftist officials use nationwide, coddling criminals and lying about rising crime to avoid accountability. Fortunately, Congressional Republicans have brought this scandal to light.
Democratic narrative
Smith fixed a broken department plagued by scandal and misogyny and reduced crime to historic lows. Republicans rushed a politically motivated report using cherry-picked quotes to justify Trump's authoritarian power grab. The backlash against Smith is all about destroying leadership that threatens entrenched power structures.