Joe Rogan Experience #2574 - Francis Foster & Konstantin Kisin · Aired Oct 31, 2026

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Joe attributes the measurable crime decline to the FBI under Kash Patel.

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The decline itself is supported: the FBI reports violent-crime offenses fell 9.3% in 2025. Joe also says it was because of the FBI under Kash Patel, then immediately says he does not know why and raises reporting limitations. The statistics do not isolate a director's causal effect. The fact of a decline is supported; this attribution remains unresolved.

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Quick answer

Is it true that Joe attributes the measurable crime decline to the FBI under Kash Patel?

We can't say yet. 3% in 2025. Joe also says it was because of the FBI under Kash Patel, then immediately says he does not know why and raises reporting limitations. Joe Rogan said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2574 - Francis Foster & Konstantin Kisin, aired Oct 31, 2026, at 51:55. We couldn't settle it from the evidence we captured, so it stays an open question, not a false claim. The supporting source is fbi.gov, linked below.

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Revisions to this check

Oct 31, 2026

Previously: There has been a significant, measurable drop in crime under the current FBI leadership. [Distorted]: The drop is real: FBI data show violent crime fell 9.3% and murder fell 18.1% in 2025, the largest one-year declines in FBI estimates back to 1936. But both had already been falling every year since a 2022 spike, including a 14.9% murder drop in 2024 before Kash Patel led the FBI, and the reporting does not credit the decline to any agency's actions. Joe himself adds right away that he does not know why. Analysis tying a meaningful share of the 2025 decline to specific FBI actions under Patel would prove this wrong.

Now: Joe attributes the measurable crime decline to the FBI under Kash Patel. [Unverified]: The decline itself is supported: the FBI reports violent-crime offenses fell 9.3% in 2025. Joe also says it was because of the FBI under Kash Patel, then immediately says he does not know why and raises reporting limitations. The statistics do not isolate a director's causal effect. The fact of a decline is supported; this attribution remains unresolved.

Match the disputed verdict to causal attribution rather than labeling a supported decline distorted.

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