Peter Hermann
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I cover crime in DC for The Washington Post
Washington, D.C.
Joined August 2008
Former FBI Director James Comey indicted amid Trump push to prosecute foes
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Former FBI director James B. Comey was indicted Thursday on allegations he lied to Congress, two people familiar with the matter said.
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House votes to charge D.C. 14-year-olds as adults
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The House also voted to restrict judges from giving lighter sentences to young adults, among 14 D.C. crime-related policy proposals from the GOP.
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D.C.’s $3.7 billion Commanders stadium deal gets final council approval
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The Commanders stadium project will return the team to the city its owners have called its “spiritual home” and transform a largely vacant and blighted swath of D.C.
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National Guard collects unfavorable public input on D.C. deployment
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Internal documents reviewed by The Post reveal, with rare candor, how domestic missions rooted in politics risk damaging Americans’ trust in the military.
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After a D.C. robbery, White House shared her story. She wants it taken down. - The Washington Post
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After her business was robbed by teenagers, Tumika Alston was quoted as telling Trump to “send the boys to Benning Road.” Then her cellphone rang.
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D.C. judge excoriates Trump policing surge, demands answers from Pirro
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Responding to Magistrate Judge Zia M. Faruqui’s remarks regarding President Donald Trump’s policing surge in D.C., U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said the judge “has allowed his politics to consistently...
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How Stephen Miller is running Trump’s effort to take over D.C.
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The deputy White House chief of staff has emerged as a key enforcer of the D.C. operation in the month since Trump federalized the local police department.
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D.C. judge excoriates Trump policing surge, demands answers from Pirro - The Washington Post
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Responding to Magistrate Judge Zia M. Faruqui’s remarks regarding President Donald Trump’s policing surge in D.C., U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said the judge “has allowed his politics to consistently...
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D.C. attorney general sues Trump seeking halt to National Guard deployment
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The lawsuit is the second one that Attorney General Brian Schwalb has filed since President Trump declared a “crime emergency” in D.C. on Aug. 11.
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House GOP weighing bills to remove elected D.C. AG, overhaul justice policies
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The bills could shepherd in some of the most intense interventions in the city’s justice system since the federal government took over the local courts in the 1990s.
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House GOP weighing bills to remove elected D.C. AG, overhaul justice policies - The Washington Post
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The bills could shepherd in some of the most intense interventions in the city’s justice system since the federal government took over the local courts in the 1990s.
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At D.C. Superior Court, a system up at all hours under Trump’s order - The Washington Post
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An increase in arrests under President Trump’s federalization of the city has led to a strain on D.C. courts, organizers say.
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Bowser welcomes federal law enforcement presence indefinitely
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Bowser issued an executive order Tuesday requiring local coordination with federal law enforcement “to the maximum extent allowable by law.” The order gives no expiration date.
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Pirro’s office ends probation for D.C. teen caught with semiautomatic rifle - The Washington Post
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Prosecutors are not only refraining from charging new offenses under the D.C. gun law. They are also seeking to reduce penalties for those previously convicted.
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Ten car chases. Six crashes. Park Police have new rules in Trump’s D.C.
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U.S. Park Police have initiated at least 10 car chases in the past three weeks as part of President Donald Trump’s D.C. surge, court records show.
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‘Nowhere to go’: What happened after Trump ordered homeless encampments cleared
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The White House said 50 homeless encampments in D.C. have been cleared in recent weeks and more action is forthcoming.
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D.C. judges and jurors push back on Trump administration’s tactics - The Washington Post
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A federal magistrate judge said one arrest in D.C. was preceded by the “most illegal search I’ve seen in my life” and another lacked “basic human dignity.”
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Man who burned flag near the White House says ‘it was my right as a citizen’ - The Washington Post
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Hours after President Donald Trump called for flag burners to be prosecuted, Jay Carey, an Army veteran, was charged with illegally setting a fire in a federal park.
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Trump wants expanded death penalty, longer control over police in D.C.
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The president calls for seeking the death penalty in all D.C. murder cases and wants to extend the current 30 day period of control over the city’s police.
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