Trump, Patel Announce Record Violent Crime Arrests in Past 7 Months

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump and Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel announced that crime crackdowns resulted in the rescue of 5,400 lost children and the arrest of more than 28,000 violent criminals in the past seven months during a press conference at the White House on Oct. 15. More than 20 federal agencies participated in a joint investigation as part of the president’s crime crackdown collaboration known as Operation Summer Heat. “Historically, the summer months have been a time when violent crime soars … but not under President Trump,” the president said. “There’s still much more work to be done … to defend law and order and combat violent crime, arrest illegal aliens, and make American cities the safest in the world.”...