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The Ben Ferguson Podcast

Stat Drop-Trump's Crime Rate Freefall plus Fireworks at the Judiciary Committee

The Ben Ferguson Podcast

iHeartPodcasts

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.85.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

1. Crime Statistics Under the Trump Administration (as claimed in the text)

  • Murder rates dropped ~20% nationwide from 2024 to 2025.
  • Cities cited with major decreases:
    • Chicago: –30%
    • New York City: –20%
    • Birmingham: –49%
    • Albuquerque: –32%
    • Baltimore: –31%
    • Atlanta: –26%
    • Oakland: –33%
    • Washington, D.C.: –31% (after National Guard deployment)
  • Other crimes that have decreased in 2025:
    • Motor vehicle theft: –25%
    • Robbery: –18%
    • Aggravated assaults: –8%
  • FBI Director’s reported statistics included:
    • Violent crime arrests up 100%
    • Gang disruptions up 210%
    • Major increases in fentanyl seizures, child victim rescues, predator arrests, and espionage arrests.

2. Drug Overdose Deaths

  • A 21% drop in overdose deaths from 2024 to 2025:
    • 2024: ~91,694 deaths
    • 2025: ~72,836 deaths
  • Approx. 19,000 fewer overdose deaths attributed to:
    • 99% reduction in illegal border crossings
    • Increased drug‑trafficker interdiction
    • Border and cartel enforcement operations

3. Media Coverage Criticism

  • Mainstream media downplays or avoids covering these crime and overdose statistics because they’re positive for Trump.
  • They argue media outlets attempt to disconnect improvements from administration policies.

4. Accusations Against Democrats

  • Democrats misreported or reclassified crime statistics to make numbers appear better before elections.
  • Democratic-led cities or governments artificially adjusted categories of crime.

5. Jack Smith & Abuse-of-Power Allegations

  • Conducting politically motivated prosecutions of Donald Trump.
  • Subpoenaing toll/phone records of:
    • Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy
    • Nine U.S. Senators
    • Additional House members
  • Allegedly violating the Constitution’s Speech or Debate Clause.
  • Allegedly obtaining non-disclosure orders to hide his subpoenas from targets and the public.
  • Testifying poorly under questioning by Rep. Jim Jordan and Rep. Brandon Gill.
  • Accused of:
    • Using unreliable witnesses (e.g., Cassidy Hutchinson)
    • Making false statements to obtain judicial approvals
    • Targeting political opponents in ways compared to abuses greater than Watergate.

6. January 6 Committee & Cassidy Hutchinson

  • Hutchinson is an unreliable witness whose testimony was:
    • Second- or third-hand
    • Contradicted by Secret Service witnesses
    • Still heavily relied on (185 times in the Jan. 6 report)
  • She fabricated stories, including one involving Senator Ted Cruz.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.3

Guaranteed Human.

0:05.0

The news is reporting on what they say is a story.

0:09.6

They don't want you to believe it's a big story.

0:12.0

And in fact, they're burying it on purpose and admitting massive and important information.

0:18.2

Axios just reported the lowest murder rate since 1900. Let me say that again.

0:26.5

They just reported the lowest murder rate since 1900. And the murder rate is now down 20% from

0:36.5

24. And somehow, as the FBI director cal, And the murder rate is now down 20% from 2024.

0:38.6

And somehow, as the FBI director Kas Patel pointed out, they forgot to mention that

0:46.7

President Donald Trump is the reason why.

0:49.5

The results of this are from the men and women in uniform at the FBI, ICE agents, and others

0:58.9

who have now been able to do their job under Donald Trump's leadership.

1:03.8

They've also made sure they've gone into cities that were incredibly unsafe and put law

1:09.3

and order back into place. One of those is my hometown of Memphis,

1:13.2

Tennessee, and the crime rates have dropped significantly. I want to take a quick moment and talk to you

1:19.6

about an incredible organization, and it is called Compassion International and how you can get

1:25.6

involved. I want you to meet Maria. In 15 years, she'll be a nurse,

1:30.7

bringing health care to her village. Right now, she's eight, and she just needs someone to believe

1:37.0

she can get there, someone to help her stay in school, someone to tell her she's capable of extraordinary things.

1:45.9

I want you to meet James, a future engineer. He'll design clean water systems for his community.

1:53.1

Today, he's learning multiplication and dreaming big, but he needs more than dreams. He needs

1:59.7

nutrition. He needs mentorship.

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