FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during a news conference discussing his agency's battle against violent crime, Wednesday, in the Oval Office of the White House. (Fox News / Pool)
TRUMP’S DC CRIME OPERATION ‘PUTS SAFETY OF FAMILIES FIRST’ AS ARRESTS SURGE PAST 1,800: FBI DIRECTOR
During the news conference, FBI Director Kash Patel announced Operation Summer Heat, which the FBI created to target violent criminals, yielded 8,700 arrests of violent offenders in three months.
More than 2,200 guns and 421 kilograms of fentanyl seized during the operation—enough fentanyl to kill 55 million Americans, according to Patel.
San Francisco Police officers at scene at 930 Monterey Blvd. in San Francisco, where four people were found dead on Wednesday, October 8, 2025. (Photo by Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images) (Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)
HUNDREDS ARRESTED AS TRUMP’S WASHINGTON, DC, CRIME CRACKDOWN HITS FULL STRIDE
Patel also highlighted the FBI's efforts to find missing children, claiming 5,400 were located since January.
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"That is a 30% increase year to date over the last administration," he said. "Violent crimes against children arrests alone are up 10% [and] gang arrests are up 210% in the last seven months alone. … Mr. President, you said we have to go after the worst of the worst. … This is just the beginning."
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