The investigation comes amid an escalating — and political — showdown between the Trump administration and the city over control of the police department.

The investigation comes amid an escalating — and political — showdown between the Trump administration and the city over control of the police department.

Trump claims violent crime in Washington is getting worse and has ordered a federal takeover of the city’s police department.

Move comes after Donald Trump posted on social media about US capital’s ‘fake crime numbers’