On Tuesday afternoon, President Donald Trump threatened the “federalization” of the District of Columbia with the truth-education of social media platform, citing gang violence. He also shared a photo of a bloody, shirtless man sitting on the street. Not long after, Elon Musk tweeted that the Department of Efficiency (DOGE) staff were allegedly “beating to the point of concussion” in Washington, D.C. Police reports obtained by Wired confirmed that the alleged victim was 19-year-old software engineer Edward Coristine, who had already performed online on Big Balls and was one of Doge’s earliest agents.
According to a report by the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, the two arrested between 3:01 and 4:20 a.m. on Sunday, August 3, were arrested and called a carjacking.
In addition to Coristine, the report also described Emily Bryant as the second victim and described it as a “significant other” to Coristine. A Doge member named Emily Bryant is associated with the Federal Trade Commission, the General Services Administration and the President’s Executive Office.
Police reports appear to invoke federal and local regulations for carjacking crimes. It also claims that the black iPhone 16 was stolen. When connected, the Metropolitan Police Department initially stated that no police report mentioned “Ed” or “Edward” Coristine. But the police report obtained by Wade said the victims of the crime were Coral and Kobe.
Police officers patrolling the alleged crime area “observing about 10 teenagers in the complainant’s vehicle” before the alleged attack on one of the two victims, according to a police report.
The report also claimed that Coristine “sees the suspect approaching and commenting on the vehicle riding.” It claimed Coraline then pushed Kobe onto the car. Then, according to the report, Coristine “turned to dealing with the suspect. The suspect then began to attack [him]. ”
Police claimed Coristine and Bryant were able to actively identify two so-called suspects. At that time, the report claimed that the two subjects were “arresisted for unarmedness” and transported to a local “JPC” (probably a juvenile machining center) for processing.
When the police left the vehicle, the report said that when the teenagers were “observed” by the police, they “started to flee on foot. The officer could only stop two subjects.
Metropolitan Police spokesman Tom Lynch was unable to verify whether any alleged perpetrator was a gang member when he was connected. When the Wired describes President Donald Trump’s pictures of the Truth Society, which seems to show bleeding coral base, Lynch confirmed that he has seen it. Although he said he could not independently verify its authenticity, Lynch did point out that the image was “released by the President of the United States” and said “there is no reason not to believe it” that it is true.
