There is no crime crisis in DC — release the Epstein files!

I’m writing to express my deep frustration with the manufactured crisis in our nation’s capital —one designed to distract from catastrophic failures in managing the economy and the ongoing Epstein cover-up by the Trump administration, enabled by the Republican-controlled Congress. The Trump administration’s recent dramatics—declaring Washington, D.C., “totally out of control,” deploying hundreds of federal agents, threatening mass homelessness evictions, and even suggesting revoking D.C.’s home rule—are not only theatrics; they’re irresponsible, misleading, and deeply un-American. Crime in D.C. hasn’t spiked—it’s dropped significantly. Violent crime is down 26%, and overall crime down 7% over the first seven months of 2025. Meanwhile, taxpayer money and law enforcement resources are being wasted on political theater instead of real priorities like transparency, the rule of law, and the economic crisis crushing working families while billionaires get massive tax cuts. We all deserve to see justice, not distractions. The ongoing suppression of Epstein-related documents has eroded public trust, and your constituents are tired of empty rhetoric used to paper over true accountability. Please stand up—for transparency, for justice, and for sensible priorities. Reject these narratives. Call for full transparency around Epstein records, and stop wasting federal power and funding on manufactured crises.