Congressional Republicans voiced outrage Wednesday over the FBI quietly updating its violent crime statistics. The FBI previously said violent crime decreased by "an estimated 1.7%" from 2021 to 2022. Data summaries show 1,253,716 violent crimes were reported in 2021, while 1,232,428 were reported in 2022. However, the agency's updated data summary now reports1,197,930 violent crimes in 2021 and1,256,671 in 2022. The figures represent a 4.9% increase, as opposed to the 1.7% drop the FBI previously publicized. House and Senate Republicans expressed on social media the need for accurate data following news of the shift, which was first identified by RealClearInvestigations. Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Pa., wrote on X that the FBI "engaged in a calculated effort" with the Biden administration and their "media allies" to deceive the public.
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