DC attorney general: Police union chief's 'facts are wrong' on city crime

D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb on Tuesday pushed back on claims by the city’s police union head, saying his “facts are wrong” when it comes to crime in the nation’s capital.

“Crime in the District is out of control, and something needs to be done about it. This concept that crime is down is really an old trope,” Gregg Pemberton, chair of the DC Police Union, said in a Tuesday appearance of Fox Business Network’s “Varney & Co.”

“Our rank-and-file officers know that...