“When I take the oath of office next year, I will restore law and order to our country. I will work with, and appoint, the best prosecutors and law enforcement officials to get the job properly done.”
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Rated on the completed 2017-2021 term. Trump installed his own federal law-enforcement leadership - the Senate confirmed William Barr as Attorney General 54-45 on February 14, 2019, following Jeff Sessions in 2017 - and the Justice Department ran anti-violent-crime initiatives such as 2020's Operation Legend. National violent crime edged down from 2017 through 2019, but FBI data show murders jumped 29.4% in 2020, the largest one-year increase since federal tracking began in the 1960s, with overall violent crime up 5.6% that year. The appointments component was delivered, while the 'restore law and order' outcome was not sustained through the end of the term, supporting partial credit.
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