House Republicans are demanding records tied to an internal Metropolitan Police Department investigation after more than a dozen Washington, D.C., police officials were placed on leave amid allegations that crime statistics were manipulated to make the nation’s capital appear safer than it actually was.

Rep. James Comer (R-KY), chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, said Tuesday that the department’s move to terminate officials allegedly involved in manipulating crime data vindicated the committee’s long-running investigation into MPD leadership.