Not even Fox News anchors are immune from President Trump’s law-and-order push in Washington, DC.
An eagle-eyed cop spotted “Special Report” host and Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier picking up his phone while driving in the capital’s tony Georgetown neighborhood Saturday.
“I picked up my ringing phone as I drove past an officer while driving my wife’s car in Georgetown,” Baier confessed on X Tuesday after video of the traffic stop circulated on social media.
“He pointed to have me pull over — I did. He was very professional. I had to dig for the registration card. Got a ticket and left. I didn’t know there was paparazzi,” added Baier, who punctuated his post with an eye-roll emoji.
Video captured by Mollaan Babbington Group, a real estate firm in DC, showed the moment Baier was pulled over in a white Mercedes-Benz G-Class, also known as a G-Wagon.
In DC, as in many municipalities and states, it is illegal to use a cellphone to text or call while driving unless the device has hands-free functionality.
When reached for comment, a Fox News spokesperson directed The Post to Baier’s social media statement.
Baier’s run-in with the law came one day after he traveled on Air Force One to Anchorage, Alaska, to cover Trump’s highly anticipated summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The 55-year-old interviewed Trump on the way to the summit — and golfed with the president and special envoy Steve Witkoff at Trump’s northern Virginia course the same day as his traffic stop.
Starting Aug. 7, Trump began deploying federal law enforcement to the streets of DC in response to a series of high-profile crimes in which public servants were victimized — most notably former Department of Government Efficiency worker Edward Coristine, who was left blooded by juveniles after he intervened to prevent a carjacking early on Aug. 3.
On Aug. 11, Trump deployed the DC National Guard and federalized the DC Metropolitan Police Department for 30 days.
Since the crackdown began, local cops and feds have arrested hundreds of criminal suspects, including 52 collared Monday night, according to data from the Trump administration.
The latest arrests included a suspected MS-13 gang member, per Attorney General Pam Bondi.
The DC Police Union claimed Monday that since Trump’s Aug. 11 order, crime has plunged 8% overall, including an 83% decline in carjacking and a 46% drop in robberies.
Trump indicated earlier this month he would likely ask Congress to extend federal control of the MPD beyond the minimum 30 days.
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