The FBI has removed 3,258 kilograms of fentanyl.
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The Dan Bongino ShowSep 16, 2026
The only source giving the exact 3,258 kg figure is a September 16, 2026 FBI oversight hearing transcript, where the post's own words repeat it. Sen. Kennedy's exchange with Director Patel, who answered 'Yep,' confirms the FBI has seized more than 3,200 kg since January 2025, which is consistent with 3,258 kg; no source contradicts it.
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… That's up 90% from the 18 month year period prior to that. That's making America safe. 31,000 violent gang members have been arrested by the FBI. That's up 30%, making America safe. We've removed, the FBI has removed 3,258 kilograms of fentanyl. That's, we have located, found, and identified 11,081 child victims. We have arrested 5,072 child predators and human traffickers. That's up 13%. This FBI is making America safe. …
The Dan Bongino Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. At the September 16, 2026 FBI oversight hearing, Director Patel confirmed Sen. Kennedy's statement that the Bureau had seized more than 3,200 kilograms of fentanyl since January 2025, consistent with the claimed 3,258 kg.[3]
Context. The FBI's Summer Heat 2.0 press release reports 687 kilograms of fentanyl seized in that four-month initiative alone, a subset of the cumulative total rather than a contradiction of it.[2]
Context. The DEA's 2025 seizure figures (about 1,400 kilograms) and DOJ figures cited by PolitiFact are from other agencies or different scopes and do not bear on the FBI's cumulative total.[1]
Sources
3 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 1 not rated
- 1What Pam Bondi’s statement about fentanyl overdoses missespolitifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2FBI Operation Summer Heat 2.0 Nets Thousands of Violent Crime Arrests — FBIfbi.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 3FBI Oversight Hearing 9/16/26rev.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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