Kash Patel Questions Merrick Garland's Statement on Tribal Community Resources

FBI's Commitment to Tribal Lands

• 🎯 Director Patel emphasizes that crimes on tribal lands, including child predation, human trafficking, and murder, are a top priority for the FBI.
• 💡 The FBI launched Operation Notforgotten specifically to address these issues and has engaged directly with tribal leaders.
• 📈 Currently, there are 1,900 Indian country cases open, with 600 indictments issued this year alone, underscoring the FBI's active involvement.

Addressing Cartel Infiltration and Violence

• 🚀 The FBI is actively countering drug cartel infiltration and violence targeting Native American communities, which often exploit open borders.
• ⚠️ Mexican drug cartels are using drones to drop narcotics onto reservations, a tactic the FBI is working to intercept before dissemination.
• 🛠️ FBI efforts include surging resources to tribal lands on a rotating basis and utilizing counter UAS (drone) capabilities to combat aerial drug drops.

Discrepancies in Resource Allocation

• ❓ Rep. Hageman asserts that Attorney General Garland's statement about Congress not appropriating sufficient resources for tribal communities was "absolutely false."
• ⚖️ Patel clarifies that the issue was a decision by Garland not to allocate resources, rather than a lack of them.
• 🧐 The congressman suggests that resources were instead wasted investigating parents, Catholics, and conservative organizations instead of protecting Native Americans.

Collaboration with Tribal Law Enforcement

• 🤝 The FBI's Safe Trails task force near the Wind River Reservation is an example of efforts to reduce drug trafficking and illegal gun activity.
• 🗺️ The FBI aims to partner with and strengthen local and state law enforcement, including tribal law enforcement, to overcome the tyranny of geography on vast tribal lands.
• 🚁 The use of FBI drone capabilities is crucial for monitoring and interdicting cartel activities in remote areas.