The “Special Report” host was stopped by a D.C. cop for distracted driving whereas behind the wheel of a white Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon.
The footage, which exhibits Baier being given a ticket, was captured by actual property agency The Mollaan Babbington Group and shared on Instagram Sunday.
“With Trump’s federal takeover of DC in full swing, you can’t make this up: I watched even FOX’s Bret Baier get pulled over in Georgetown. And for what? I honestly couldn’t tell,” learn the video’s caption.
Baier, who has interviewed Trump and infrequently performed golf with him, fessed as much as the police-involved incident and supplied extra particulars on Tuesday.
“I picked up my ringing phone as I drove past an officer while driving my wife’s car in Georgetown,” tweeted the 55-year-old New Jersey native.
“He pointed to have me pull over — I did,” he continued. “He was very professional. I had to dig for the registration card. Got a ticket and left. I didn’t know there was paparazzi.”
President Donald Trump, accompanied by FOX Information journalist Bret Baier (R), walks in direction of members of the media aboard Air Power One on August 15, 2025, in flight. (Photograph by Andrew Harnik/Getty Photos)
Trump introduced final week he needed to “liberate” Washington, D.C. and positioned the Metropolitan Police Division below direct federal management. He additionally deployed round 800 Nationwide Guard troops to “rescue” D.C. from “crime, bloodshed, bedlam and squalor.”
The controversial overhaul has occurred regardless of official statistics stating that violent crime within the metropolis has declined in recent times.
On Tuesday, White Home Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt introduced there have been 465 arrests in D.C. because the begin of the crackdown on Aug. 7.
Initially Printed: August 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM EDT
