When the FBI released its “final” crime numbers for 2022 last September, progressives around the country cheered because they showed a drop in overall national violent crime.
Just one problem: The 2022 numbers were 100% fake, which means we have no reason to believe the 2023 numbers the bureau’s put out.
The only reason we know this is that an eagle-eyed observer spotted an oblique reference to an “update” on the bureau’s website — which belatedly turned that 2022 crime drop into a crime increase.
Despicable.
For months liberals and leftists crowed about the stats; partisan anchors used them to “fact check” Donald Trump’s claim crime was up during his debate with Kamala Harris.