45 Arrests Made in Washington on Wednesday: FBI Director

Trump has instructed federal law enforcement to patrol Washington for 24 hours per day.
45 Arrests Made in Washington on Wednesday: FBI Director
Members of the National Guard patrol at Union Station in Washington on Aug. 14, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
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WASHINGTON—There were 45 arrests made in Washington on the evening of Aug. 13, according to FBI Director Kash Patel, as President Donald Trump’s efforts to fight crime in the nation’s capital continue amid the federal government’s takeover of the city’s police department.

“The FBI and our partners made 45 arrests—29 immigration-related, 16 tied to the violent crime surge, and 3 firearm seizures,” Patel wrote on X.
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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