President Trump is set to deliver remarks on expanding “Operation Legend: Combating violent crime in American cities” at 3:15PM and you can watch it below:
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WHILE YOU WAIT: Here’s what Operation Legend is all about:
FOX NEWS – President Trump is expected to announce Wednesday that he is expanding the Justice Department’s “Operation Legend” program to Chicago and Albuquerque, days after threatening federal intervention to confront violence in American cities.
The president is expected to make the announcement during a “law and order” event Wednesday afternoon at the White House, where he will detail the ongoing work of “Operation Legend” in Kansas City.
Attorney General Bill Barr announced the launch of “Operation Legend” earlier this month in an effort to combat violent crime in Kansas City. The program was named after LeGend Taliferro, a four-year-old boy who was fatally shot last month while sleeping in his Kansas City apartment.
The program began after Missouri’s Republican Gov. Mike Parson asked federal law enforcement to assist local police. Barr directed agents from the FBI, U.S. Marshal Service, Drug Enforcement Administration and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to help local law enforcement there.
The Department of Justice said the operation is meant to curb a spike in violent crime in the city, where there have been more than 100 homicides this year.
Federal law enforcement officers currently working out of Chicago, including FBI officials, U.S. Marshalls, DEA and ATF, will be “loaned” to the Justice Department to help fight crime as part of the program. The Chicago expansion is expected to involve about 100 federal law enforcement officers, with the same plan for Albuquerque.
I’m sure Mayor Lightfoot is going to jump on Twitter and pitch a fit about this, but there’s nothing she can do.