World Trump to send federal agents to more US cities to fight violent crime U.S. President Donald Trump holds law enforcement event at the White House in Washington 23 Jul 2020 07:33AM Bookmark WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump announced a plan on Wednesday (Jul 22) to send federal agents to more US cities to crack down on violent crime in an escalation of his "law and order" theme going into the Nov 3 presidential election. Trump, joined at a White House event by Attorney General William Barr, unveiled an expansion of the "Operation Legend" program to include cities such as Chicago and Albuquerque, New Mexico, in a further effort by federal officials to tackle violence. "Today I'm announcing a surge of federal law enforcement into American communities plagued by violent crime," said Trump. Trump said "we have no choice but to get involved" with a rising death toll in some major cities. "This blo
