{"id":2492689,"date":"2025-09-29T22:30:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T02:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-doge-staffer-big-balls-recalls-washington-assault\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T22:30:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T02:30:57","slug":"former-doge-staffer-big-balls-recalls-washington-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-doge-staffer-big-balls-recalls-washington-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Former DOGE staffer &#8216;Big Balls&#8217; recalls Washington assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-doge-staffer-big-balls-recalls-washington-assault%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2492689&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article recounts the experience of Edward Coristine, a former employee of the department of government Efficiency (DOGE), who survived an assault in Washington, D.C. This incident sparked a crackdown on crime led by then-President Donald Trump. In his first interview about the attack,Coristine described how he was assaulted late at night while escorting a female friend to her car. A group of boys suddenly confronted and attacked him,leaving him with a broken nose and a concussion after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/five-injured-in-mass-shooting-at-connecticut-mall\/\" title=\"Five injured in mass shooting at Connecticut mall\">police arrived quickly<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Coristine reflected on the bizarre nature of the attempted carjacking, noting that his friend&#8217;s car was inexpensive and unlikely to be targeted for theft, suggesting other motives. He also <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >shared personal background<\/a> about his grandfather, a KGB agent turned CIA double agent who was executed in 1987, inspiring Coristine&#8217;s dedication to public service. Motivated by concerns about national issues like the growing $37 trillion debt, Coristine joined the DOGE in an effort to help <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-allege-cover-up-while-whistleblowers-claim-retaliation-in-ufo-hearing\/\" title=\"Lawmakers accuse cover-up, whistleblowers report retaliation in UFO hearing.\">improve government efficiency<\/a> during the Trump management. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Former DOGE employee recalls assault that triggered Washington crime crackdown<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2233273\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-government-efficiency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Department of Government Efficiency<\/a> employee Edward Coristine, better known as &ldquo;Big Balls,&rdquo; recalled his August assault that triggered President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> takeover of Washington, D.C., in his first interview since the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Coristine was asked about what transpired the night he was attacked in an appearance on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Jesse Waters Primetime<\/em>. He replied that he was walking his woman friend to her car after a party at around 3 a.m. when a group of ten boys across the street began to shout at the pair, soon alerting him that &ldquo;something was really off about the situation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3828669\/crime-victims-charlotte-hearing-house-judiciary-iryna-zarutska-murder\/\">Crime victims beg Congress for action during Charlotte hearing following death of Iryna Zarutska<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3829437\/dallas-ice-facility-shooting-victim-identified-norlan-guzman-fuentes\/\">Dallas ICE facility shooting victim identified as Norlan Guzman-Fuentes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3828995\/lds-church-shooting-suspect-hated-people-of-the-mormon-faith-white-house\/\">LDS church shooting suspect &#8216;hated people of the Mormon faith&#8217;: White House<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;She unlocks the car, I rush her into the driver&rsquo;s seat, quickly close the door behind her, and lock the doors. Right as I turn around, they are right up on me, just a few feet away. They slammed me against the car, they started throwing a bunch of punches. I keep my hands up. I&rsquo;m just like, alright, I&rsquo;m getting a lot of punches here. Just trying to protect my head the best way I can,&rdquo; Coristine recalled.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Luckily, the whole thing did not last too long. The police showed up pretty quickly. I was fortunate I only came out with a broken nose and a concussion. It could have been a lot worse,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Coristine said he made sure to stand up on his feet, as he felt it would&rsquo;ve been much worse if he&rsquo;d been knocked to the ground.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So you stay on your feet and protect the head because, you know what, Big Balls also has big brains,&rdquo; host Jesse Waters quipped.<\/p>\n<p>Coristine said the carjacking didn&rsquo;t make sense, as his friend&rsquo;s automobile was &ldquo;like the cheapest car on the block. So it felt like there might have been something else going on there.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The former DOGE employee also spoke about what brought him to the organization in the first place, recounting the story of his grandfather, Valery &ldquo;Gentile&rdquo; Martinov, a KGB agent who turned into a double agent for the CIA, and was executed in 1987 for his work.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/3761663\/carjacking-heard-round-the-world-trump-dc-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">THE CARJACKING HEARD ROUND THE WORLD<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I feel this great responsibility to serve my country. My grandfather was this KGB double agent for the Americans and he died so that I could come here and live in this free country that I love so much,&rdquo; Coristine said. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When I started seeing these problems that we&rsquo;ve got as a government, this $37 trillion national debt and counting, in the interest on that is just absurd, I was like, this is insane, is there any way I can help solve this? In this administration, there was a chance. So, of course, when I saw the opportunity, I signed right up,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-DOGE worker recalls assault sparking DC crime crackdown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2492690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/elon-musk-doge-shirt-white-house-lawn-2025.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[54523,12577,23466,64306,64305],"class_list":["post-2492689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-big-balls","tag-cryptocurrency","tag-doge","tag-former-staffer","tag-washington-assault"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/elon-musk-doge-shirt-white-house-lawn-2025.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2492689"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2492693,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492689\/revisions\/2492693"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2492690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2492689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2492689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2492689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}