Attorney General Pam Bondi has named the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration to be Washington’s “emergency police commissioner” as she carries out President Donald Trump’s unprecedented decision to take over the Washington police department.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a directive naming Drug Enforcement Administration head Terry Cole as the "emergency police commissioner" of Washington's Metropolitan Police Department.

President Donald Trump pledged Wednesday to make Washington "crime-free" as he spoke at the Kennedy Center."We're going to be essentially crime-free. This is going to be a beacon, and it's going to also serve as an example of what can be done,