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Kash Patel: “The FBI has found and located 5,400 children. That is a 30%…”

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

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LIVE: President Trump holds news conference in the Oval Office with FBI Dir. Kash Patel

Published | Video Starts at 12:37

And then when you go over there and look at some of these charts, if you don't mind, I'll just hop over here. Look at the metrics for not just violent crimes, but the homeland. Mr. President, during your administration, The FBI has found and located 5,400 children. That is a 30% increase year to date over the last administration. Violent crimes against children arrest alone are up 10%. Gang arrests are up 210% in the last seven months alone. And transnational organized crime, which Stephen Miller has been a great partner in, is up over 12% alone. (12:37–12:47)

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Asserts that the FBI located 5,400 children, a 30% increase over the previous year.

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