EXCLUSIVE: House Oversight Republicans Demand Answers From FBI Over Revised Crime Stats

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer sent a letter Thursday to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) calling for answers for reportedly revising its national crime data for 2022 to show that violent crime actually increased instead of the decrease that was initially reported.

The Daily Caller first obtained a copy of the letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray, which mentions its annual Crime in the Nation report from 2023 that showed an estimated 1.7 percent decrease in violent crime in 2022, which was touted as an accomplishment from the Biden-Harris Administration.

“There was, however, no decrease. 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,’ resulting in an increase in violent crime of 4.5 percent. This is a staggering a 6.2 percent revision,” Comer wrote. (RELATED: FBI Quietly Revised Violent Crime Data, Now Showing Surge Instead Of Reported Decrease)

Here Is What Comer Demands In The Letter: 

• All documents and communications internal to the FBI related to the 2021, 2022, and 2023 Crime in the Nation statistics
• All documents and communications between the FBI and the Department of Justice related to the 2021, 2022, and 2023 Crime in the Nation statistics
• All documents and communications between the FBI and the White House related to the 2021, 2022, and 2023 Crime in the Nation statistics

READ THE LETTER HERE: 

(DAILY CALLER OBTAINED) — … by Henry Rodgers

“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,” he added. (RELATED: Dems, Corporate Media Rushed To Cite FBI Data Showing Crime Decrease — Experts Say The Numbers Are Flawed)

The Caller contacted the FBI about the letter, to which they did not immediately respond.