A Biden-appointed judge has defied President Donald Trump by releasing two teenagers accused of assaulting a DOGE employee on the streets of Washington D.C.
The revelation comes shortly after Trump celebrated his success in cracking down on crime in the capital, telling Americans ‘everybody is safe now’ in a Thursday press conference.
Trump had dedicated mass resources to Washington in the weeks after 19-year-old former DOGE staffer Edward ‘Big Balls’ Coristine was attacked on the streets.
Coristine was left bloody, badly beaten and fearing he was concussed on August 5 when he tried to stop a carjacking.
Judge Kendra Briggs, who was appointed by Joe Biden during his presidency, on Thursday ordered the release of the two teenagers believed to be responsible for the crime.
The two suspects, a boy and girl both aged 15, are accused of an attempted carjacking and assaulting Coristine on August 3. Police later shared photos of a third suspect.
The duo, who cannot be named due to their ages, are from Hyattsville, Maryland, and have been placed under strict rules in order to be released from juvenile detention.
The girl will move into a youth shelter house, while the boy is permitted to live at his mother’s home.
Both will be required to attend school and will have a strict curfew, as well as electric monitoring.
‘School and home, that’s it,’ Briggs told the duo, according to The Washington Post.
‘The fact that this court is stepping you down from Youth Services Center is a serious step,’ the judge added.
The pair are forbidden from contacting one another, and Briggs assured them that if she heard of any breaches, there would be an emergency hearing scheduled to deal with the consequences.
Each teenager had one parent virtually present at the hearing.
The girl has another pending matter in Maryland, and prosecutors objected to her release, describing her as a danger to the community and a flight risk.
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