Justice Department Breaks Records for Violent, Firearms Crime Prosecutions

Attorney General Jeff Sessions at a press conference in Baltimore, Md., on Dec. 12, 2017. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

The Justice Department filed federal charges for firearms and violent crimes against a record number of defendants in 2018, the department announced Oct. 17.

More than 16,800 people—an uptick of nearly 15 percent—were charged with violent crimes in the fiscal year 2018, which ended Sept. 30.