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The billionaire claimed that Coristine heroically stopped a gang of about a dozen young men from assaulting a woman in her car at night. He said that Coristine ran over to defend the woman and saved her in spite of being severely beaten to the point of concussion. Musk ended his retelling by calling for the federal government to take control of D.C.
Trump used the attack on Big Balls to echo the same inaccurate, made-for-Fox News sentiments, calling for the federal takeover of D.C. and the mass criminalization of mostly working-class Black and Latino children.
Neither of these highly dramatized accounts aligns with the Metropolitan Police Departments report. While Trump and Musk claimed a brutal assault involving a gang of men, the MPD reported an unarmed carjacking, with only two 15-year-old suspects detained, a girl and a boy.
https://newrepublic.com/post/198846/doge-big-balls-beaten-up-attack-musk-lie
Attilatheblond
(8,305 posts)then moving into any city of note that has a DEM mayor.
B.See
(7,793 posts)they're trying to PROVOKE one, in my opinion.
HegsDEATH has already threatened another civil war over (checks notes) preserving the proud and treasonous heritage of traitors who went to war against their country and fellow countrymen for their 'god given right' to keep Black people in chains... ahem...
whereby Trump will have excuse to suspend elections under some bullshit martial law, and use the military against 'liberal' cities and states, minority Americans and others deigned by 'the chosen one' to be 'bad people who need to get the hell out' as Trump once said... and maybe with Putin's help? Who knows?
I put nothing past em.
Ritabert
(1,997 posts)Very suspicious.
littlemissmartypants
(31,666 posts)Already enjoys power over D.C. If it is "federalized" it will be the responsibility of the office to remove literal trash, fix roads and do everything else necessary to run the city. It is also necessary for Congress to vote on the measure and they're on vaycay. Plus, should the Democrats choose to, they can use the filibuster to block it.
Ritabert
(1,997 posts)He'll do whatever he wants and nobody will stop him.
littlemissmartypants
(31,666 posts)Ritabert
(1,997 posts)littlemissmartypants
(31,666 posts)johnnyplankton
(607 posts)The sooner we face reality, the better decisions we can make. It's not like we haven't seen this movie before.
Shipwack
(3,001 posts)with none of the responsibility.
soldierant
(9,286 posts)It isn't a state. Like other territoried, their Convressional rep cannot vote and they have no Senators. If he "takes over," it won't be "federalization." More like "Colonization."
not fooled
(6,607 posts)I thought I saw that in an earlier account, but don't remember where to check.
SunSeeker
(57,574 posts)Last edited Fri Aug 8, 2025, 10:55 PM - Edit history (2)
My initial thought was she might be a hooker because of the late hour, but she appears to a fellow DOGE employee...a workplace romance?
allegorical oracle
(6,187 posts)shifting with every read.
LeftInTX
(34,015 posts)Juveniles fled
Big Balls had been assaulted, but beyond that who knows what really happened.
Obviously there was a skirmish.
No indication what caused the skirmish.
Juveniles were arrested for unarmed carjacking, but there is no indication that the vehicle was actually carjacked.
Big Balls said made a comment about taking his vehicle.
Why didn't Big Balls just drive off?
Charges against carjacking may be dropped and this might be an assault case. However, LE does gang control and a group of unsupervised juveniles out at 3 am is a public safety threat.
They will use the carjacking charge to pressure the juveniles to identify the other members of a likely gang and drop the carjacking charges.
LE likely already knew the two that were arrested.
Things like this happen everyday all over the country.

mahatmakanejeeves
(68,249 posts)DUs descent into spreading disinformation is accelerating.
SunSeeker
(57,574 posts)LeftInTX
(34,015 posts)Ritabert
(1,997 posts)Last edited Sat Aug 9, 2025, 07:53 AM - Edit history (1)
SunSeeker
(57,574 posts)The boy is a night owl I guess.
Prairie Gates
(7,205 posts)The police report states they were outside of the car and he pushed her into the car for her "safety."
SunSeeker
(57,574 posts)...
The report added that police officers saw about 10 juveniles surrounding the car and assaulting Coristine, which prompted the officers to get out of their vehicle and all but two of the juveniles, whom police arrested, to flee. Police said that in an interview, Coristine said he pushed the woman identified as his significant other into the car and turned to deal with the suspects, who in turn assaulted him.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-threatens-federal-control-dc-attack-doge-staffer-coristine-rcna223293
So, when the scene caught the cops' attention, the woman was inside the car and Coristine was outside fighting with the 15 year olds.
It was 3 am on a Sunday morning. Coristine wasn't going to church. In Washington, D.C., most bars close at 2:00 a.m. on weeknights, but they have extended hours on Friday and Saturday nights, closing at 3:00 a.m. What the fuck was he doing out with his "significant other" at 3 am? Sure sounds like he got kicked out of a bar at closing time and picked up a hooker, then got jumped by a bunch of teens for his car. The police report noted the teens were unarmed, and that it was an unarmed attempted carjacking.
I'd love to know what kind of car it was. I bet it was flashy, just the kind of thing that would grab teens' attention in the late night/early morning hours on a Saturday night. I bet he bought it with taxpayer money.
I lived in DC for 3 months in my 30s. I am a woman, and I was going to nightclubs, bars and restaurants a lot, meeting friends there or going alone. I always took the Metro and never had a problem. Cars are a liability in DC...even if you can find a parking spot.
Prairie Gates
(7,205 posts)Which it does. Yes, of course that's according to Coristine. In any case, the poster I was responding to said that they were in a car. The only statement we have disputes that. They can't be in a car and pushed into the car at the same time.
SunSeeker
(57,574 posts)What Coristine says is just what Coristine says.
Prairie Gates
(7,205 posts)What are you basing that on?
There's no doubt that Coristine could be lying. He almost certainly is. But you said They were in his car. Why do you say that? What makes you believe they were in his car?
SunSeeker
(57,574 posts)The police did not witness that "they were not in his car," so that is not stated as a fact in the police report, it is just reported as what Coristine said to them. What the police witnessed is that the woman was in the car and Coristine was outside fighting with the teens. That's the only point I was trying to make to you.
I surmised they were both in the car together at some point, if not at 3 am then certainly when they parked there...if she is his "significant other" and they came there together.
IzzaNuDay
(1,241 posts)And especially not drinking. Being drunk and roaming in the DC streets is asking for trouble anyway. So the kids capitalized on it ( I dont condone what they did but just saying). Bet the cops didnt give BB a breathalyzer test!
SunSeeker
(57,574 posts)But in Washington, D.C., the current curfew law for juveniles only applies to those 17 and under, so he was not violating curfew. I don't know the age of his "significant other" though....
hadEnuf
(3,527 posts)A-N-Y-T-H-I-N-G coming from Trump and the GOP is absolute bullshit.
Jilly_in_VA
(13,817 posts)what tiny balls was doing out on the streets at 3 am on a Monday morning......
Prairie Gates
(7,205 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(68,249 posts)DUs descent into spreading disinformation is accelerating.
ananda
(34,439 posts)Like the one where Trump supposedly got his ear nicked?
EdmondDantes_
(1,383 posts)Or maybe a crisis actor. Or maybe he actually did get killed by a guy trying to kill Trump.
Solomon
(12,634 posts)believe Trump wouldn't have some one killed to save his own hide?
EarthAbides
(428 posts)The teenage assassin was led to believe by a handler from the FBI that there was an assassin in the crowd. The assassin shot the bystander thinking the bystander was the assassin. The teen age assassin was never going to shoot the fascist pig, then the handler killed the teenage assassin...
mahatmakanejeeves
(68,249 posts)EdmondDantes_
(1,383 posts)Do you have a list of people he's killed to save himself or is it just that you think he's bad and ergo nothing is beyond him?
Trump's an idiot who isn't capable of keeping anything clean whether it's payoffs for his mistress, his fraudulent charities, etc. But the one thing he's ever done perfectly is set up a fake assassination attempt and nobody involved has talked?
Blues Heron
(8,391 posts)rampartd
(3,822 posts)JoseBalow
(9,173 posts)telling stories after getting slapped around a little bit in front of his girlfriend.
4catsmom
(667 posts)and the truth never sees the light
Retrograde
(11,375 posts)3AM, Monday morning, IIRC - doesn't he have a job to go to? And how was he dressed? Did he do anything to provoke his attackers? (questions usually asked of female assault victims)
Donnie and enablers are looking for an excuse to further take over control of DC (it already falls under Congressional oversight) and move all those they consider undesirable somewhere else - probably so they can cash in on all that sweet real estate.
mahatmakanejeeves
(68,249 posts)TNRs opinion piece is riddled with half-truths. It is intended to deceive.
At DU, its working.
SunSeeker
(57,574 posts)I have not been able to find a full copy of the police report. Do you have a link where you were able to read the police report?
It is my understanding that accessing the full police report is restricted restricted due to privacy concerns and ongoing investigations. However, some details of the incident have been widely reported in the media, based on information released by the Metropolitan Police Department, so that's what I've been going by.
LeftInTX
(34,015 posts)When officers drove up, the juveniles fled on foot.
Police apprehended two juvenile suspects.
Suspects had assaulted Big Balls prior to arriving on the seen.
Big Balls girlfriend was sitting in car and was not assaulted.
Big Balls phone was apparently stolen.
The rest is "fill in the blanks".
This is not an "exceptional" event. We don't know what happened between Big Balls and the group before the skirmish started.
We don't know if the group intended to car jack his vehicle or if there was something else involved.
Things like this happen all over the country every day.
They aren't headlines.

EdmondDantes_
(1,383 posts)Solomon
(12,634 posts)of getting in the car and driving off.
hueymahl
(2,892 posts)Nothing in the police report suggests that he had that option. Nothing suggests he didn't either, but if you are surrounded by people looking to do you harm, you may not have the opportunity to retreat.
mahatmakanejeeves
(68,249 posts)DUs descent into spreading disinformation is accelerating.
Solomon
(12,634 posts)Why wouldn't he tell them they gave him no option? He was the one who claims he confronted them. Mr. Hero. The first story was they were assaulting t he woman and he had to save her by fighting them off.
I live and work in DC. There aren't groups of juveniles going around attacking white people for no reason.
MichMan
(16,637 posts)https://www.fox5dc.com/news/carjacking-down-dc-officials-vow-prosecute-juvenile-offenders-adults
https://mpdc.dc.gov/release/mpd-arrests-five-juveniles-two-carjackings
https://dcwitness.org/juvenile-charged-with-multiple-carjackings-indicted-arraigned-gets-plea-offer/
https://mpdc.dc.gov/release/mpd-arrests-three-juvenile-suspects-unarmed-carjacking-offense
SunSeeker
(57,574 posts)That's the quote at your Fox link: https://www.fox5dc.com/news/carjacking-down-dc-officials-vow-prosecute-juvenile-offenders-adults
Sure sounds like there is no reason to get rid of DC self governance just over carjackings. Nor over violent crime in general:
mahatmakanejeeves
(68,249 posts)By Katie Barlow
| Published July 8, 2024 8:34pm EDT | Crime and Public Safety | FOX 5 DC |
WASHINGTON - Carjackings are down 78% across the District, according to U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves.
He says there were 31 carjackings in the District last month compared to 140 carjackings in June 2023. Graves blames juveniles for "turbocharging" the rate of carjackings and vows to continue to charge 16- and 17-year-olds as adults.
{snip}
yardwork
(68,976 posts)If you are able "to put the young lady in the car" you're most likely able to get in yourself and drive off.
EdmondDantes_
(1,383 posts)And that's when they approached? Tactically speaking it's a smart time to attack. His attention is on her, the car is unlocked so if they are at the driver's door or even at the passenger door, you can't lock the doors while one is open. So if he shuts the passenger door to hit the lock button, then he can't get in the car.
Sure it could be made up. But you've got police reports and arrests and so far no allegations that the arrest was racial profiling and the idiot looked pretty beaten up in the picture shown.
Not liking his politics doesn't inherently mean he's lying.
Blues Heron
(8,391 posts)SunSeeker
(57,574 posts)God knows the kind of sensitive stuff he may have on that phone. Hopefully he has a hard to guess password.
Torchlight
(6,316 posts)Tomorrow never knows
Traildogbob
(12,561 posts)Must be smaller than he claims.
twodogsbarking
(17,582 posts)hueymahl
(2,892 posts)I appreciate the posting of the actual police report earlier in this thread. Those that immediately want to demonize this kid just because he may not have the same politics as us should really rethink their life choices.
yardwork
(68,976 posts)hueymahl
(2,892 posts)Its somewhere in the ball park. It wasnt 2 kids like a lot of posters on this thread are claiming. Two wrongs dont make a right, as they say.
yardwork
(68,976 posts)First, "Big Balls" was out at 3 am with his girlfriend. He didn't "happen to see a girl being attacked and rush to her defense." They were together from the beginning.
The whole story seems very fishy. It's certainly not a reason for Trump to take over DC.
For one thing, the police response indicates that policing in DC seems to be working well.
mahatmakanejeeves
(68,249 posts)Once again, DU is spreading disinformation.
LudwigPastorius
(14,180 posts)he could have avoided all this if he just would have given them his lunch money.

Grokenstein
(6,245 posts)You know, to the days when BLM was burning entire cities to the ground?
And then they'd be rebuilt overnight, only to be burned to the ground again?
Good times.
Norbert
(7,570 posts)And the boy and girl reinforced that.
LetMyPeopleVote
(175,007 posts)SunSeeker
(57,574 posts)Please let me know when we're supposed to shout:
False Flag!
Crisis ACTORS!
Hoax!
Fake News!
Sad!
sop
(17,442 posts)That means shouting "bullshit," "fake news," "lies," "hoax," "false flag," and relying on one's own alternate facts to concoct absurdist conspiracy theories whenever confronted with a story that doesn't fit one's narrow-minded view of the world.
Yeah, I was never quite comfortable with the .... "If you can't beat them, then join them" motto.
CanonRay
(15,953 posts)JustAnotherGen
(37,580 posts)He got handsey and she put him in his place.
Quanto Magnus
(1,300 posts)MAGAts are usually cowards unless they're in a mob.
C Moon
(13,473 posts)I think the ICE in L.A. was supposed to be much more violent than it was.
These bastards don't care about anybody's well-being.
DinahMoeHum
(23,368 posts). . .is CEO of Lesser Evil popcorn company
. . .and he was a former Wall Street bond broker.
Shit didn't fall far from the asshole in terms of arrogance.
https://www.lesserevil.com/
GiqueCee
(3,415 posts)... can't tell the truth about the time of day. They lie to their dying mothers for idle amusement.