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From Fox News: The Republican-led House Oversight Committee on Thursday launched an investigation into the FBI over its alleged “failure to report complete, accurate national crime data.”
In a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer said the bureau “failed to include” in its 2022 data a 4.5% increase in national crime.
The FBI had initially reported a 1.7% decrease in violent crime in 2022, but later “quietly” revised those figures, Comer said. Comer alleged that the FBI failed to include in its initial count “an additional 1,699 murders, 7,780 rapes, 33,459 robberies, and 37,091 aggravated assaults.”
Comer said the FBI’s failure to report this data “draws into question the veracity” of the 2023 Crime in the Nation report.
Fox News reporter Chad Pergram announced:
Comer launches probe into FBI crime statistics. Comer: “The FBI’s recent failures to report accurate data draws into question the veracity of the recently released 2023 Crime in the Nation report, which estimated a 3 percent drop in national violent crime.
Vice President Harris has touted the 2023 data too, and the media has used it dispel Americans’ real concerns about crime. The Committee is concerned that the FBI’s recent failures to report accurate crime data are politically motivated.
The Committee is seeking documents and communications to understand the FBI’s failure to provide Congress and the American people with accurate crime data and whether the 2023 data is, in fact, accurate.”
Comer launches probe into FBI crime statistics. Comer: “The FBI’s recent failures to report accurate data draws into question the veracity of the recently released 2023 Crime in the Nation report, which estimated a 3 percent drop in national violent crime. Vice President Harris…
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) October 31, 2024
Statistics in the FBI’s annual crime report have been quietly adjusted. Why? @PeteSessions shares what @GOPoversight has found in its investigation. @jodyhicefrca pic.twitter.com/VXhaadoGCI
— Family Research Council (@FRCdc) November 1, 2024
There it is: FBI "revised" violent crime data, now reporting that instead of a 2.1% drop in violent crime in 2022, it was actually a 4.5% increase. https://t.co/Bvbg0wKy1A pic.twitter.com/h6nfjRRlUb
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) October 16, 2024
.@JoeRogan & @realDonaldTrump discussed @crimeresearch1's work in Friday's interview (but not mentioned by name): the @FBI's revised reported #crime data & the increase in unreported crime. After two hours, there were 1.2m views on YouTube.https://t.co/MPw6To9ksq pic.twitter.com/CctUEtxMLO
— John R Lott Jr. (@JohnRLottJr) October 26, 2024
House Oversight Chairman Comer investigating FBI over ‘quietly’ revised crime statistics https://t.co/A1q1r2djgT
— Fox News (@FoxNews) November 1, 2024
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