The inquiry into whether data was manipulated to make crime rates seem lower is being run out of the office of the U.S. attorney for D.C., Jeanine Pirro.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has opened an investigation into whether police officials in Washington, D.C., have falsified crime data, according to a person familiar with the probe who wasn’t authorized to publicly discuss an open investigation.

The Department of Justice is investigating whether police in Washington, D.C., manipulated crime data and statistics.