Trump to send FBI on night patrols in DC, rolling out plans in AM presser

President Trump is following through on his pledge to crack down on street crime in Washington, D.C.

The Trump administration will “temporarily reassign 120 F.B.I. agents in Washington to nighttime patrol duties,” according to the New York Times, citing “people familiar with the matter.”

“Most of the agents will be pulled from their regular duties at the F.B.I.’s Washington field office, but it was not immediately clear if agency leaders would need to pull additional personnel from nearby cities, the people said, speaking on condition of anonymity to describe details of an effort that were not meant to be public,” the newspaper reported.

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FBI agents were “participating in the increased federal law enforcement presence in Washington,” a spokeswoman for the agency told the Times in a statement.

NewsNation’s Kellie Meyer reported that about 450 federal officers will be “in high traffic areas and other known hotspot[s] across Washington, DC.”

ANOTHER NIGHT OF INCREASED FED LAW ENFORCEMENT IN OUR NATIONS CAPITAL:

“450 federal law enforcement officers in high traffic areas and other known hotspot across Washington, DC,” a White House official tells me @NewsNation

— Kellie Meyer (@KellieMeyerNews) August 11, 2025

In a statement reported by Meyer, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said, “Everyone who lives in our Nation’s capital knows homelessness and crime are plaguing this city.”

“You can thank President Trump for finally taking action to clean it up. Under President Trump’s leadership, DC will be safe and beautiful again for its residents, lawmakers, and visitors from around the world,” Leavitt added.

“The Press Conference on Crime and ‘Beautification’ will be held tomorrow, at 10:00 A.M. EST, in the Press Briefing Room, and it will not only involve ending the Crime, Murder, and Death in our Nation’s Capital, but will also be about Cleanliness and the General Physical Renovation and Condition of our once beautiful and well maintained Capital,” Trump announced in a Truth Social post on Sunday.

“The Mayor of D.C., Muriel Bowser, is a good person who has tried, but she has been given many chances, and the Crime Numbers get worse, and the City only gets dirtier and less attractive. The American Public is not going to put up with it any longer,” he continued.

“Just like I took care of the Border, where you had ZERO Illegals coming across last month, from millions the year before, I will take care of our cherished Capital, and we will make it, truly, GREAT AGAIN! Before the tents, squalor, filth, and Crime, it was the most beautiful Capital in the World. It will soon be that again. Thank you for your attention to this matter — See you tomorrow at 10 A.M.!” Trump concluded.

The president has been teasing his upcoming announcement on Monday.

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— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) August 11, 2025

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