Lambert here: Earlier reports say “Dupont Circle,” not “Logan Circle.” If I had to speculate, I would urge that consideration be given to the cynical hypothesis would be cui bono: The entire incident — including the police report, where the cops and Coristine seem to be reading from the same script — was a set-up, given that the immediate outcome was Trump’s (first?) threat to take over a city. (A less cynical take would be that the script was concocted after the fact, and the incident was really a drug deal gone sour — why were the couple out of the car at 3AM? — which is plausible given the location).
The two [of allegedly ten] teens charged with assaulting a former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffer were sentenced to probation this week.
Edward Coristine was assaulted on Aug. 3 in Washington, D.C.’s Logan Circle neighborhood around 3 a.m. A boy and girl who were both 15 years old were charged in relation to the alleged assault and pleaded guilty in juvenile court, according to Wusa.
A judge sentenced the boy to 12 months of probation on Tuesday and the girl was sentenced to nine months’ probation. The boy pleaded guilty to felony assault, simple assault, robbery and attempted robbery related to the incident, while the girl pleaded guilty to simple assault.
In explaining the decision, the judge said the juvenile court’s purpose isn’t to punish, but rather to rehabilitate. The judge said she hopes the teens will use the probationary period as a learning experience.
In late September, Coristine told Fox News Channel host Jesse Watters he was hanging out with friends before the attack.
“I was walking one of my friends back to her car, and as we’re walking to the car, there’s a group of 10 guys right across the street,” Coristine said. “They start shouting at us. And really quickly, I knew something was really off about the situation.”
Coristine said he rushed to get his [unnamed] female friend into the driver’s seat before the attackers got close.
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