Tuesday afternoon, President Donald Trump posted a threat on his social media platform truth social “Federation” the District of Columbia, citing claims of bandit violence. He too shared a photo From a bloodthirsty, shirt man sitting in the street. Shortly thereafter, Elon Musk tweeted that staff of the Department of Government Performance (Doge) was “beaten to the point of coincidence” by an alleged band in DC. Police reports obtained by Wired confirm that the alleged victim in question was Edward CoristineThe 19-year-old software engineer who went with “big balls” online and was One of Doge’s earliest operations.
According to a report by the DC Metropolitan Police Department, two people were arrested in connection with the incident, described as Caracado, between 3:01 and 4:20 am in the morning of Sunday, August 3, the site of the alleged incident is in the northwestern region of Logan Circle, a well-known and relatively central area of the city.
In addition to Coristine, the report refers to Emily Bryant as a second victim and describes her as the “significant other.” A Doge affiliate named Emily Bryant was linked to the Federal Trade Commission, the General Service Administration and the President’s Executive Office.
The police report seems to cite Federal And Local Statutes that criminalize carriage. It also claims that Black iPhone 16 was stolen. When contacted by Wired, the Metropolitan Police Department initially said there were no police reports that mentioned “Ed” or “Edward” Coristine. However, the police report obtained by Wired says the victims of the alleged crime were Coristine and Bryant.
According to the police report, officers patrolling the area of the alleged crime “observed a group of about ten young people surrounding the complainers’ vehicle”, before allegedly attacked one of the two victims.
The report also claims that Coristine “saw the suspects approach and make a comment on taking the vehicle.” It claims that Coristine then “pushed” Bryant into the car. Then, according to the report, Coristine “turned to deal with the suspects. The suspects then began to assault [him]. ”
The police claim that Coristine and Bryant were able to positively identify two of the alleged suspects. At that moment, the report claims that these two subjects “were put into arrest due to an unarmed car” and transported to the local “JPC”, maybe the Young processor centerto be processed.
When police officers left their vehicle, the report claims that when the young people were “observed” by the officers, they “began to flee on foot. Officers could stop only two of the subjects.
When contacted by Wired, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Police Department, Tom Lynch, could not check if any of the alleged perpetrators were members of a gang. When Wired described the image posted by President Donald Trump about truth social That seems to show a bloody corl, Lynch checked that he saw it. While he said he could not independently control its authenticity, Lynch noted that the image “was posted by the President of the United States,” and said that “there is no reason not to believe”, it is unauthorized.
