Kash Patel: “In the national capital region, in the 50 mile radius around…”

“Are you seeing an increase in the number of potential agents wanting to come in and work with you? Look, The FBI is 38,000. When we're fully manned, which we're not. In the national capital region, in the 50 mile radius around Washington D.C. there were 11,000 FBI employees. That's like a third of the workforce. A third of the crime doesn't happen here. So we're taking 1500 of those folks and moving them out. Every state's getting a plus up.” (21:05–21:11)

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