Credit: Fox News screenshot A bit of perhaps unintentional comic relief was provided during today’s historic White House Press Conference on tackling rampant crime in the nation’s capital. As The Gateway Pundit’s Jordan Conradson reported, President Trump on Monday announced that he is invoking Section 740 of the DC Home Rule Act to place Washington, DC’s Metropolitan Police Department under “direct federal control” and authorizing the Secretary of Defense to deploy National Guard troops in Washington, DC. “We’re formally declaring a public safety emergency. This is an emergency. This is a tragic emergency, and it’s embarrassing,” Trump said. “This city will no longer be a sanctuary for illegal alien criminals. We will have full, seamless, integrated cooperation at all levels of law enforcement, and we’ll…

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