U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro announced Monday that two young men have been charged in connection with a violent summer attack on a federal staffer for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Federal prosecutors have charged Lawrence Cotton-Powell, 19, and Anthony Taylor, 18, with robbery, assault, and carjacking for their alleged roles in the beating of DOGE employee Edward Coristine, known to colleagues as \u201cBig Balls,\u201d and another individual in early August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Pirro, the pair had already been involved in another mugging \u2014 of a victim named Ethan Levine \u2014 shortly before the brutal assault on Coristine. Both suspects, she said, are repeat offenders who should never have been on the streets in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u201cLawrence Cotton-Powell is 19 years of age. He is now charged with robbery, first-degree robbery for which he faces 15 years in prison. He also faces a charge of assault with intent to commit robbery, another 15 years, and robbery for Edward Coristine, 15 years, assault with intent to commit robbery, another 15 years, and attempted carjacking, five years,\u201d Pirro said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Pirro didn\u2019t mince words when calling out judges who ignored her office\u2019s repeated requests for jail time. Instead of protecting the public, the courts released Cotton-Powell on probation, giving him multiple chances to reoffend \u2014 and, according to prosecutors, he did just that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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