According to a Fox News Digital report, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, led by new Director Kash Patel, is seeing a record number of new applications.
There were 5,577 new FBI agent applications submitted in March, Fox News Digital has learned. The last time the bureau saw a monthly figure even close to that number was April 2016, with 5,283 applications.
By comparison, the monthly average in 2023 was 2,797 applications, with 3,383 applications per month in 2024, according to FBI data reviewed by Fox News Digital.
“Director Patel and Deputy Director (Dan) Bongino have put a major emphasis on restoring confidence in federal law enforcement and boosting new agent recruiting,” FBI spokesman Ben Williamson told Fox News Digital on Wednesday. “These record early returns certainly suggest the new FBI is heading in the right direction.”
“The record number of FBI job applications in March shows that people are inspired by Kash Patel’s commitment to restoring integrity and effectiveness at the bureau,” Patel advisor Erica Knight told Fox News Digital on Wednesday. “Americans are putting their trust in his leadership to rebuild the FBI and keep our communities safe.”
And, Knight told Fox News Digital, “this is just the beginning.”
“Kash is dedicated to creating a stronger, more trusted FBI that serves the American people the way it was always meant to,” Knight said.
From Fox News:
Since January, the FBI has seen more than 10,000 new agent applications, according to FBI data.
In January, the first month of the Trump administration and the month of Patel’s nomination and confirmation hearing, the FBI saw 4,143 applications to join the bureau — the first time it had seen a month of new agent applications in the 4,000s since August 2020.
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