
President Donald Trump praised the FBI in a Truth Social post, saying the agency is doing an “incredible job” after arresting thousands of suspects and disrupting criminal activity nationwide. The president also encouraged the bureau to continue cleaning up the country.
“Since January 20th, more than 28,000 Violent Criminals have been arrested (RECORD BREAKING!), with over 6,000 illegal weapons seized, more than 1,700 child predators and 300 human traffickers taken off the streets, 5,000 innocent children rescued, 2,000 Criminal Enterprises disrupted, 1,900 kilos of Fentanyl (Enough to kill 125 Million people!) taken out—HISTORIC RESULTS. We are bringing LAW AND ORDER back to America. Kash, Dan, Andrew, and the men and women of the FBI, are doing a tremendous job, MAKING AMERICA SAFE AGAIN!” Trump wrote.
He was referring to FBI Director Kash Patel, Deputy Director Dan Bongino, and Co-Deputy Director Andrew Bailey.
A central component of the FBI’s recent enforcement efforts has been Operation Summer Heat, a nationwide initiative that ran from June through September and focused on apprehending violent offenders.
Also, Trump and Patel announced that the operation led to the arrests of more than 8,700 violent criminals across major U.S. cities. They said roughly 11,000 homicide suspects were taken into custody, about half of whom were wanted in connection with more than one killing.