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Kash Patel: “The FBI has arrested more than 23,000 violent criminals.”

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 03:25

I pledge myself to commit to full transparency, oversight and accountability so we could restore the public's trust in the FBI. That's exactly what I've done. Under this administration, The FBI has arrested more than 23,000 violent criminals. That's more than twice for the same time period from last year alone. 23,000 more than twice from the same time period last year. We've taken over 6,000 illegal firearms off the streets. (03:25–03:30)

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