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Fox News congressional correspondent Bill Melugin reports on a House Oversight Committee report regarding allegations over D.C. crime data on 'America Reports.'

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said Monday that a months-long federal investigation uncovered widespread misclassification of crime reports by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), making crime statistics across Washington, D.C. "artificially lower."

Pirro said the findings were based on a review of nearly 6,000 reports and interviews with more than 50 witnesses, showing that D.C.’s crime numbers were significantly understated.

"It is evident that a significant number of reports had been misclassified, making crime appear artificially lower than it was," Pirro said in a statement.

Pirro said MPD's conduct "does not rise to the level of a criminal charge," but added that it is up the department to "take steps to internally address these underlying issues."

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U.S. Attorney for DC Jeanine Pirro said on Dec. 15 that an investigation uncovered widespread misclassification of crime reports by the Metropolitan Police Department. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)

Pirro's office began investigating reports of deflated crime statistics last August, as President Donald Trump initiated a federal crime crackdown in the district.

Trump issued an executive order addressing the "epidemic of crime" in the nation's capital and deployed federal law enforcement personnel, including the National Guard.