Teens Who Attacked DOGE’s ‘Big Balls’ Let Off With Probation Sentence

Two 15-year-olds who assaulted former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffer Edward “Big Balls” Coristine were sentenced to probation in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.

A D.C. judge gave the boy 12 months’ probation; the girl pleaded guilty to simple assault and received nine months, according to WUSA 9 News. The case stemmed from an Aug. 3 attack that drew national attention and became the flashpoint for a federal law-enforcement surge in the nation’s capital. (RELATED: DOGE’s ‘Big Balls’ Savagely Beaten Saving Woman From Carjacking In DC)

“I hope you can figure things out and be ready for the consequences,” Coristine reportedly told the teens via web conference, thanking the courts and D.C. Police.

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The August beatdown ricocheted into national politics. President Donald Trump threatened to seize control of D.C. if city leaders didn’t “get [their] act together,” and he later moved to federalize the Metropolitan Police Department while deploying National Guard troops — an emergency “crime order” that expired in September.

Metropolitan Police arrested two 15-year-olds from Hyattsville, Maryland, the day after the assault; additional suspects remain at large, MPD said. A judge later allowed the boy to return home with strict conditions and sent the girl to a youth shelter as the case moved forward.

Coristine, 19, a onetime Musk-aligned DOGE hire whose online persona spawned the “Big Balls” moniker, said he suffered a broken nose and concussion when a group swarmed him as he tried to shield a woman, Coristine told Fox News. The case drew saturation coverage and became a proxy fight over juvenile justice in the capital.