FBI Rapid Response

This @FBI is bringing more veterans to the Bureau than ever in history. We’ve relaunched the Veterans Advisory Committee as a Director’s Advisory Committee - giving veterans a more prominent voice than ever at the highest levels of the Bureau. The Committee is recruiting a record number of veterans to join our ranks, establishing veteran outreach coordinators in the field to better connect with veterans around the country, and making sure our FBI veterans have access to all the resources they need - including expanding opportunities for transitioning service members to build a stronger hiring pipeline into the FBI. Thank you to all our FBI veterans for your continued service to the country. -DKP🇺🇸

Honored to join @POTUS, @VPOTUS and other senior leaders today at Arlington National Cemetery to pay tribute to the brave men and women who have worn our nation’s uniform. Thank you, Mr. President, for bringing our nation together to honor those who have served, sacrificed, and defended our freedoms. And thank you, Mr. Vice President, for joining in paying tribute to our nation’s heroes. To every veteran and military family: Your service, sacrifice, and commitment to our country will never be forgotten. God bless our veterans, and God bless the United States of America. 🇺🇸

Today we honor the brave men and women who stepped up and answered the call to defend the greatest country on earth. Thank you to all those who have served in America’s military - the world’s strongest fighting force. Here at the FBI, we’re proud to have more than 6,500 employees who served in our military - including almost 2,300 employees in the Reserve, and over 700 employees in the National Guard. The elite skillsets they bring to the FBI have helped us achieve historic success these last two years. And this year brings an important milestone for Veterans at the FBI — the relaunch of the Veterans Advisory Committee as a Director’s Advisory Committee, ensuring that this FBI’s veterans have a more prominent voice than ever at the highest levels of the organization. The team is laser focused on recruiting more veterans to join our ranks, establishing veteran outreach coordinators in the field to better connect with veterans around the country, and ensuring our FBI veterans have access to all the resources they need. They are also expanding opportunities for transitioning service members to build a stronger hiring pipeline into the FBI. Thank you to the Veterans Advisory Committee for all your work to serve those who served. To our veterans and their families, thank you for your sacrifices, your continued service, and your dedication to defending the freedoms of America.

Three Iranian-backed operatives have been indicted on eight counts for their alleged roles in nearly 20 terrorist attacks and attempted attacks across the U.S. and Europe — including a foiled plot targeting a military base housing American troops. In just 21 months, we’ve disrupted more than 1,300 terrorists and made nearly 7,000 FTO-related arrests — a 1,057% increase. We will continue to relentlessly pursue those who threaten Americans and our national security. — DKP 🇺🇸

A U.S. Army soldier has been arrested with our partners in the UK in a Russia-related espionage investigation. Our message is clear: This @FBI has no tolerance for anyone who breaks their oath to the United States. FBI will continue using every resource at our disposal to hunt down any subject who compromises our national security. 167 counterintelligence and espionage arrests in 21 months — up 53%. Thanks to MI5, UK Counterrrorism Police and Defence Counterintelligence, and U.S. Army Counterintelligence Command. Investigation ongoing. More to come.

The new FBI. Better technology. Historic results. → Superintelligence adoption up 605% → 635,000+ labor hours saved - the equivalent of about 79,000 work days → Brand new Cyber Branch accelerating our cyber mission capabilities - SI transcription saved roughly 633 hours of manual work during one Human Trafficking case → Streamlining spending cuts - including $300 million in spending reduction the last 21 months -DKP🇺🇸

The FBI and our partners have arrested Luis Benítez Alcántara, a Mexican judge who allegedly accepted bribes and used his position to aid former FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Ryan Wedding and his associates. Benítez Alcántara was a district judge in Mexico City who allegedly accepted $2 million in exchange for granting bond to and ordering the release of Wedding’s second in command, while Wedding was orchestrating a billion-dollar transnational criminal organization and the largest supplier of cocaine to Canada with connections in Colombia, Mexico, and the U.S. Benítez Alcántara is charged with nine counts of accessory after the fact for assisting the individual in order to hinder or prevent his apprehension, trial or punishment. Thanks to @FBILosAngeles, our Bogatá Law Enforcement Attaché, our local partners, and our @TheJusticeDept who made the success of this operation possible.