Here's a link at the Library of Congress showing that DC is its own government indebted to England & Ireland - Act of 1871
https://www.loc.gov/law/help/statutes-at-large/41st-congress/session-3/c41s3ch62.pdf
Technically there are some loopholes for the American People to not be assc. with that gov't. But it is what it is. The bad guys can continue to do whatever they want.
Thanx #Q for opening our eyes to our slavery to the system and rubbing it in.