‘Big Balls’ Muggers Evade Prison Sentence, Get Probation for Beating Up DOGE Employee

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The two teenagers who beat up DOGE employee Edward “Big Balls” Coristine were able to avoid jail after pleading guilty to assault in a Washington, D.C. court, with both attackers — a 15-year-old boy and 15-year-old girl — receiving probation.

Both were sentenced on Tuesday, local WUSA9 in the nation’s capital reported. The boy received a one-year sentence and was ordered to remain under house arrest, while the girl was given nine months of probation and sent to a local youth shelter.

Their sentences comes two months after they jumped Coristine during an attempted car jacking, leaving the 19-year-old DOGE employee bloodied and bruised. Coristine was also with a young woman at the time of the attack, at about 3:00 a.m. ET.

The savage beating was one of the sparks that led to President Donald Trump deploying the National Guard to crack down on crime in Washington.

Trump, in a Truth Social post a few days after the Aug. 3 attack, said crime was “totally out of control” in the capital, with teens routinely “randomly attacking, mugging, maiming, and shooting innocent Citizens.”

A picture of Coristine following the attack that was posted by President Trump on Truth Social

Coristine described the attack during an appearance on Jesse Watters Primetime on Fox News in late August.

“As we get to the car and she begins to fumble for the keys, they begin to shout at us, and really quickly I knew something was really off about this situation,” Coristine said. “So she unlocks the car, I rush her into the driving seat. I close the door behind her and she’s able to lock the doors. Right as I turn around, they’re right up on me — just a few feet away.”

He continued: “They slammed me against the car and started throwing a bunch of punches. I keep my hands up. I’m getting a lot of punches here and I’m just trying to protect my head the best way that I can.”

He added there were about a dozen attackers, but police were only able to apprehend the two teens who received probation on Tuesday.

Elon Musk, who spearheaded DOGE for Trump during the first few months of his second term, commended Coristine for saving the woman he was with, before saying it was “time to federalize DC.”

Coristine on Tuesday told one of the attackers “I hope you can figure things out and be ready for the consequences,” during a video statement in court.