FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino revealed new details about a nationwide law enforcement initiative directed by President Donald Trump to combat violent crime in major U.S. cities.
Speaking during a Fox News segment, Bongino described how he and FBI Director Kash Patel were tasked with developing a plan to address the growing violence and lawlessness in cities such as San Francisco and Chicago.
“With regards to this crush and violent crime, whether it’s in San Francisco, Chicago, any other major city early on, this is kind of the untold story of this op,” Bongino said.
“I get appointed, announced in February. Come in in March. Kash is there a little bit earlier? President brings us in early and in essence, this is kind of the behind the scenes guys.”
According to Bongino, President Trump was personally moved to take action after witnessing rising crime and homelessness in the nation’s capital and other large cities.
“He says to us, you know, listen, I’m a builder. I’m in a lot of these big cities. He has just zero tolerance for violent crime. He just does. He drives around Washington, DC on these OTRS, off the record movements. He sees homelessness, crime, he can’t stand it. He says, What do we got to do to fix this?” Bongino said.
Bongino recalled that the President’s directive was simple and direct.
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“And his answer is very simple. President is like, go get them boys. Go get them. That was it. Like, you do what you have to do.”
Following those instructions, Bongino and Patel assembled a team of top FBI special agents from across the country to design an aggressive strategy to target violent offenders.
“So we got in there Kash and I and we brought in the best sac special agents in charge across the country, guys who had forgotten more about crime and enforcing it. The most people ever know. They’ve done this their whole lives,” he said.
“One of them, we pulled in from Phoenix. He had an amazing job out there. We said, Hey, James, Joe. I said, Joe, you tell me what we need to do to go get these demon savages off the street. Tell me what we need to do,” Bongino added.
The team established what Bongino called a “violent crime roundtable,” consisting of the nation’s top criminal investigators.
“We brought in a violent crime roundtable of the best Crim agents in the country. We figured out a battle plan. How to kind of water balloon. You know, when you squeeze a water balloon, you get a bowl. How do we bulge agents here and in, bulge agents there, and we cleaned up at the President’s direction, the director and I with the SEC and the agents in the field, we water ballooned around the country,” he said.
The results, Bongino reported, have been unprecedented.
“Get a load of this, guys. This is, this is going to trip you out. 28,000 violent crime arrests in 2025 and the year is not even over,” he said. “You say, What does that mean? Put it in comparison prior three, four years, the FBI under prior leadership at average, about 15, 16,000 we’re at 28,000 28,000 we’re not even done with the year. We haven’t even hit Thanksgiving or Christmas yet.”
Bongino credited the increase in arrests to strong leadership and support from the President, Attorney General, and FBI officials who redirected the agency’s focus back to its core mission.
“Shows you when you get a president, an attorney general, a deputy attorney general, and an FBI leadership team that lets the FBI do FBI work instead of getting into other nonsense in the past, look what happens your cities get cleaner,” Bongino concluded.
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The data cited by Bongino represents one of the largest year-to-date surges in violent crime arrests in modern FBI history, marking a significant shift in federal law enforcement operations under President Trump’s direction.
Thank you Mr. President.
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To be so against Trump’s crime crusade, local politicians must be on the take! Hard to believe the Democrats have become so solidly for crime. Do voters not read any more? Do they not see the murder and drug stats? Maybe they are just stupid?
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I VOTED FOR AND MORE. Thank You President Trump and the FBI team
Keep it going Dan and Cash. Great job
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They need us in chaos and fear to bring socialism/communism to our country.
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