Asked about Trump's claims that Bowser needed to get her act together, she wouldn't detail her conversations with Trump and pivots to the "benefits of federal law enforcement"

Bowser said she is concerned about masks "While I'm not going to give you like a rundown of every word that was said in the meeting, you can be assured that the things that we are very concerned about, we are working on a resolution for."

In what capacity is MPD assisting ICE? Police Chief: "based on the President's executive order, we are supporting the ask of the Metropolitan Police Department to support our federal partners in this effort"

On concerns that residents don't want to call MPD because of fears that ICE will follow, Smith says she understands concerns but no concrete answer for what is to be done

On when Bowser would push back against Trump's requests, she says nothing has happened yet that meets that bar but suggests loosening standards on uses of force, allowing more vehicle pursuits, or getting rid of body cameras would meet that bar

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On DC's status as a sanctuary city: Bowser: "The councils' laws are still in place. There's been no change to the law, but if you're referring to the sanctuary values, there has been no change."

On House investigation into DC crime statistics "We'll answer any questions that are that are proposed to us, and we don't have any update at this time on the internal investigation."

Bowser wouldn't say whether counts of unhoused individuals would be shared with feds or concerns that those counts could be used to target unhoused individuals

On DC residents' fears of impending doom, Bowser: "I'm not sure I'm qualified to answer that question, because I know there's a lot of anxiety. There's tremendous anxiety in the district...but I also know there's a lot of anxiety in our nation."

On cost of federal "surge" Bowser doesn't provide any numbers but says the city can track expenses

Dc citizens:

I would like someone to ask her if she’s watched the video of little elementary school children holding onto their mom‘s hands trying to leave school by squeezing between random sleazy-looking masked “ law-enforcement agents” of some variety who are wielding long rifles, etc., meets that bar.