President Donald Trump and senior Justice Department officials on Wednesday championed the effect of Operation Summer Heat, a federal program cracking down on violent crime in cities, citing more than 8,700 arrests across the United States since June.
Standing beside Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel at a White House press conference, Trump touted the campaign as one of the most sweeping crackdowns on violent crime in recent years, involving FBI field offices in all 50 states and coordination with state and local partners.
“Over the past few months, FBI officers in all 50 states made crushing violent crime a top enforcement priority,” Trump said while speaking from the Oval Office. “That’s what they did. Rounding up and arresting thousands of the most violent and dangerous criminals. And these are
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