06/08/2025
Attack on former DOGE staffer known as ‘Big Balls’ prompts Trump to threaten to federalize DC
Former DOGE employee Edward Coristine, the 19-year-old better known by his nickname “Big Balls,” has been identified as the federal staffer who was attacked in Washington, D.C., over the weekend in an apparent attempted carjacking.
President Donald Trump shared a photo of the bloodied former DOGE worker on Truth Social Tuesday and claimed crime was “out of control” in D.C.
“Local ‘youths’ and gang members, some only 14, 15, and 16 years old, are randomly attacking, mugging, maiming, and shooting innocent citizens, at the same time knowing that they will be almost immediately released,” the president wrote.
“They are not afraid of law enforcement because they know nothing ever happens to them, but it’s going to happen now! The law in D.C. must be changed to prosecute these ‘minors’ as adults, and lock them up for a long time, starting at age 14. The most recent victim was beaten mercilessly by local thugs.”
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