The FBI means that DC DC again the operation exceeds 1,800 arrests, says Patel
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FBI director Kash Patel said that President Donald Trump’s “Make DC Safe Again” operations provide real results “, announcing on Thursday that the initiative has exceeded 1,800 arrests with dozens of firearms and drugs seized in recent days.
From Wednesday to Thursday morning, FBI agents reported 28 arrests, 12 firearms recovery, 10 drug attacks and 80 total arrests by federal partners.
Patel said that repression removed violent street criminals and the restoration of public order.
“The operation to” render DC again “by President Trump again gives real results,” said Patel. “By working hand in hand with our federal, state and local partners, we are removing violent criminals from the street and restore the law and order in the capital of our country. This is exactly what it looks like when the federal government puts the safety of American families first.”
The members of the American secret services and the FBI hold a man outside the Presbyterian church on avenue New York in Washington, DC, August 14. (Reuters / Nathan Howard)
The DC prosecutor generally pursues Trump about the “involuntary military profession” of the National Guard
Trump federally federally the Metropolitan Police Service on August 11 for 30 days under the Home Domatic Rule Law of the Columbia District.
Army secretary Dan Driscoll, in a memo on Wednesday, extended the mobilization until November 30.
Federalization was to expire next week, and an extension was to be approved by the Congress.
Dry army. Dan Driscoll said he had extended the action in DC (SPC. Luke Sullivan / 75th Ranger Regiment)
DC arrests exceed 1,000 while the repression supported by Trump enters the 12th day without homicide
About 30 minutes after Patel published the latest figures, the DC prosecutor General, Brian Schwalb, shared on X that he filed a complaint to limit the efforts of the administration in the national capital, arguing that the deployment of 2,300 troops of the National Guard armed under federal command is illegal.
“DC did not ask or granted the deployment of troops from the National Guard. However, there are 2,300 national guards in our streets in military equipment, carrying weapons and driving armored vehicles,” Schwalb wrote in the post.
An American soldier has a child near Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, on August 14. (Reuters / Jose Luis Gonzalez)
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He added that deployment violates the Comitatus posse law, threatens democracy and civil freedoms and damages the economy and the confidence of the DC public.
The White House defended the action, saying that the president acted within his authority and that the operation was effective in combating violent crimes.
