President Donald Trump said it's "LIBERATION DAY IN D.C." and said that "Crime, Savagery, Filth, and Scum will DISAPPEAR" in a pair of social media posts Monday, as he is set to hold a press conference on safety and crime in the nation's capital.

Trump’s rhetoric “paints a picture that crime is out of control, even when it is not true, then blames the policies of Democratic lawmakers that are reform- and public safety-minded, and then claims that you have to step in and violate people’s rights or demand that reforms be reversed,” Wiley said.

While we wait for those figures, you can read our overnight fact-check on President Trump’s claim that crime in Washington DC is “out of control.” As ever - you can find more of our work on the BBC Verify section of the BBC News website.