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The feds busted 220 “violent offenders” this week as part of its nationwide summer crime crackdown, pushing the arrest total to more than 5,700, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said Saturday.

“We’re seeing real results against violent offenders- and we’re not slowing down,” he wrote on X.


  “We’re seeing real results against violent offenders- and we’re not slowing down,” FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said on X. Getty Images “We’re seeing real results against violent offenders- and we’re not slowing down,” FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said on X. Getty Images

Among the arrests were “self-professed religious leaders” David Taylor and Michelle Brannon, who are accused of physically and psychologically abusing victims “to solicit tens of millions in donations,” Bongino said.

The duo is accused of forced labor and money laundering in the alleged conspiracy that targeted people across four states: Michigan, Florida, Texas, and Missouri.

The FBI has also targeted illegal drug operations, conducting 20 searches in an investigation into an alleged “D.C.-based drug trafficking organization that sold PCP and fentanyl,” he said.

“We also seized several firearms including one AR-Style rifle, a shotgun, and one Draco-style pistol,” he said of the searches in the nation’s capital, where the US Marshals Service offering $500 rewards for tips that lead to arrests.

The FBI operation is separate from the deployment of National Guard troops to Washington as Trump specifically directed the federal government to tackle the crime-ravaged capital. 

The arrests come as part of the FBI’s “Operation Summer Heat,” an initiative to combat violent crime nationwide by “surging resources alongside state and local partners” to target offenders and get them off the streets, according to the agency.

“Through this initiative, the FBI and our partners have disrupted 290 networks, seized a combined 24,900 kilos of fentanyl and cocaine, and have continued to keep communities safe.” 

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