The FBI's new mission? Handling minor traffic incidents in DC
President Donald Trump has deployed FBI agents to purportedly fight deadly crime in Washington, D.C. but crime is at a 30-year low in the city. The FBI will be reassigning 120 agents to go on night patrols in Washington—a city of 68 square miles and just over 700,000 residents. Those agents will be pulled from their other duties to serve on Trump’s pet project.
Trump’s justification for the move is that crime in the city is supposedly out of control. In a MondayTruth Social post he wrote, “Washington, D.C. will be LIBERATED today! Crime, Savagery, Filth, and Scum will DISAPPEAR. I will, MAKE OUR CAPITAL GREAT AGAIN! The days of ruthlessly killing, or hurting, innocent people, are OVER!”
He also demanded that homeless people leave D.C.
Crime is down in D.C. As the FBI itself explained in a January statement, crime levels in the city are at 30-year lows—a drop that occurred under former President Joe Biden.
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