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During Tuesday night’s presidential debate, former President Donald Trump asserted that violent crime was up in the U.S. under Joe Biden and Kamala Harris; “Crime is through the roof,” Trump said.

Then, he was quickly “fact-checked” by debate moderator David Muir.

“President Trump, as you know, the FBI says overall violent crime is coming down in this country,” he said.

Now we’re learning that Trump’s initial claim was correct.

From The Washington Times:

Crime rates remained elevated last year under President Biden, according to Justice Department data released Thursday that challenges a prevailing media and White House narrative.

The data comes from a massive annual government-run survey of crime victims.

It found 22.5 of every 1,000 residents reported being the victim of a violent crime in 2023, and 102.2 per 1,000 reported facing a property crime.

Both are statistically unchanged from 2022 but are significantly higher than in 2020, the last year under President Trump.

The data said Americans aren’t reporting some of the most common crimes to police as often. Just 44% of self-reported robbery victims said they filed a police report last year, down substantially from 64% in 2022.

The numbers indicate that crime has risen under Mr. Biden and fell during the Trump administration, said John R. Lott Jr., president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, who has tracked the data over the years.

Trump shared information from the report at a press conference in Los Angeles on Friday.

Watch the clip below:

Full report over at The Washington Times: