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Kash Patel: “Enough fentanyl to kill a third of the American populace…”

Featuring: Kash Patel, Republican | Former Chief of Staff to the Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense | National

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Published | Video Starts at 07:05

Maybe one of the greatest achievements we have this year. 1600 kilograms of fentanyl, that's a 25% increase from the same time last year. To put things in perspective, that's Enough fentanyl to kill a third of the American populace, 115 million Americans. We're also going after the companies that manufacture these precursors overseas in places like mainland China and their cutting agents. (07:05–07:11)

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