A Metropolitan Police officer pulled over Fox News anchor Brett Baier on Saturday for using his phone while driving.
Baier was caught on video interacting with the officer who stopped him in the Georgetown neighborhood of the District of Columbia. The officer spoke with Baier while he sat in his white Mercedes-Benz G-Class.
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“I picked up my ringing phone as I drove past an officer while driving my wife’s car in Georgetown. He pointed to have me pull over- I did,” Baier wrote on X Tuesday.
“He was very professional. I had to dig for the registration card. Got a ticket and left. I didn’t know there was paparazzi,” Baier wrote.
The Mercedes-Benz G-Class has included Bluetooth connectivity in its models since 2011. Cellphone use while driving is illegal in the district.
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Baier’s ticket came over a week after President Donald Trump announced a federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department to combat crime in the nation’s capital. The Department of Justice appointed an “emergency police commissioner” to oversee the MPD, a move that is currently being challenged in court.
At the same time, Trump deployed the National Guard to the capital to assist law enforcement in combating crime. These guardsmen will remain in D.C. for at least 30 days.