House GOP Launches Probe After FBI ‘quietly’ Changed Crime Data; House Oversight Chairman Comer Investigating FBI Over 'quietly' Revised Crime Statistics; Retired Officer Says US ‘a different country’ From 5 Years Ago After Spree of Violent Attacks On Women

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House GOP launches probe after FBI ‘quietly’ changed crime data:

The House Oversight and Reform Committee on Thursday demanded the FBI explain why it released crime data last year that seemed to back up President Biden’s claims that violent crime had dropped, only to “quietly” revise the numbers this year.

FBI analysts initially reported that violent crimes dropped 1.7% in 2022. But in the quiet revisions last month, the FBI data now shows a 4.5% increase from 2021 to 2022.

Oversight Chairman James Comer ordered the FBI to turn over documents detailing the changes and any communications with the main Justice Department or the Biden White House.

“The committee is concerned that the FBI’s recent failures to report accurate crime data are politically motivated,” Mr. Comer, Kentucky Republican, said in his letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray.

Crime data has become a major issue in the 2024 election, with former President Donald Trump insisting crime has surged and Mr. Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris saying it’s down.

Ms. Harris has been citing the FBI data.

But John R. Lott Jr., president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, said the FBI’s quiet updates undercut those claims. The new data showed aggravated assaults, robberies and murders all rose significantly, contradicting the FBI’s original release. --->READ MORE HERE

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House Oversight Chairman Comer investigating FBI over 'quietly' revised crime statistics:

FBI said it transitioned to a new crime reporting system and a 'significant number of agencies' were unable to participate in 2021

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.

He noted that Vice President Kamala Harris "touted the 2023 data" and the media used it "to dispel Americans’ real concerns about crime."

"The Committee is concerned that the FBI’s recent failures to report accurate crime data are politically motivated," Comer said. "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."

The FBI told Fox News Digital it stands behind each of its Crime in the Nation publications.

The FBI said a "significant number of agencies" were unable to complete the transition from the bureau’s traditional Summary Reporting System (SRS) to the more comprehensive National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) for the 2021 data collection year. --->READ MORE HERE

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