Trump, FBI Director Tout “Sweeping” Crime Crackdown

The Lead with Jake Tapper

CNN

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4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2025

⏱️ 82 minutes

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A judge blocks President Trump’s planned layoffs of federal workers during the shutdown. Plus, at the White House, President Trump touted his administration’s efforts to reduce violent crime. We examine if the statistics he is citing check out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:14.8	on complications having to do with the ceasefire and the peace deal between Israel and Hamas.
1:19.8	Right off the bat, the president told me, quote, what's going on with Hamas, that'll be
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