FBI Fudged the Numbers When It Reported
Crime Drop; Data 'Quietly Revised'

RealClear Investigations is reporting that when the FBI published crime data for 2022, showing a 2.1 percent drop in violent crime, it apparently fudged the numbers and the agency has "quietly revised" the data to reflect an actual 4.5 percent increase during that year.

The revelation comes from John Lott in a 1,450-word report detailing the disparity between the original data—which Lott notes has become a "Democrat Party talking point to counter Donald Trump's claims of soaring crime"—and the new numbers, which the FBI has allegedly downplayed. Indeed, according to Lott, the FBI made no mention of the revisions in its September 2024 press release announcing the 2023 crime numbers. The bureau annually releases crime data for the previous year in late September.

The Gun Mag reached out to Lott, but he did not immediately respond.

However, Fox News Digital quoted the veteran researcher, who stated, "For some reason, the media, they did pick the crime data that they think goes and makes the Democrats look as good as possible. And then even when the crime data that they've relied on turns out by the very source of that data to be wrong, none of them fix it."

Such observations further reinforce the notion that the media has been covering for the Biden-Harris administration for the past three years. .....