US EditionTeen pleads guilty in former DOGE staffer’s assault ahead of Trump DC crackdown
A 15-year-old from Maryland pleaded guilty to felony assault and robbery after an attempted carjacking of a former DOGE worker that led to federalizing D.C. police, officials said.
- A 15-year-old boy pleaded guilty to felony assault, simple assault, robbery, and attempted robbery in D.C. juvenile court.
- The victim, Edward Coristine, was attacked while the assailants demanded a car on August 3.
- President Donald Trump condemned the attack and federalized D.C.'s police department to address rising crime.
- The teen's sentencing is scheduled for late next month, and concerns grow about violence in juvenile facilities.
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Ex-DOGE employee 'slammed against car' by teen mob – one pleads guilty but Trump says attackers walk free
Former Department of Government Efficiency staffer Edward Coristine was badly beaten by a group of teenagers during an attempted carjacking in Washington D.C.’s Logan Circle neighborhood in the early morning hours of August 3. The 19-year-old software engineer got a broken nose and concussion after being attacked by about 10 young people at around 3 a.m. while walking a female friend to her car. Coristine said the situation got worse quickly whe…
Former DOGE staffer 'Big Balls' recalls Washington assault
Former Department of Government Efficiency employee Edward Coristine, better known as “Big Balls,” recalled his August assault that triggered President Donald Trump’s takeover of Washington, D.C., in his first interview since the incident. Coristine was asked about what transpired the night he was attacked in an appearance on Fox News’s Jesse Waters Primetime. He replied that he was walking his woman friend to her car after a party at around 3 a…
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