House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) launched an investigation Monday into President Trump's allegations that D.C. crime data is being manipulated by local police leadership. Why it matters: The action comes less than a week after the Justice Department announced a federal probe into the statistics.

Trump has repeatedly accused the city of falsifying its data to make it appear as if crime is going down, prompting the Department of Justice to open its own investigation into the city last week.