Trump’s DC Takeover Yields More Arrests on Routine Charges

Aug. 31, 2025, 2:00 PM UTC

The man in the red shirt lifted the gun high enough for everyone in the Exxon parking lot to see.

It was late on a Thursday in August, the neon lights of Georgia Avenue in Washington reflecting off car hoods and gas pumps, when prosecutors say a 58-year-old man shoved another during an argument and pulled out a pistol. According to a federal complaint signed by an agent of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the weapon was a “ghost gun,” built from parts with no serial number, one round chambered and 11 more in its extended magazine. ...

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