Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Feb. 5, 2026
February 5, 2026 · The White House · 0:38:42
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What happened
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt opened by saying the President had spoken directly with Savannah Guthrie about the search for her mother and told her the federal government is here to help, with any requests from state and local officials to be accommodated. She announced that at 7:00 p.m. that evening President Trump, Dr. Oz, and National Design Studio Director Joe Gebbia would officially unveil TrumpRx, a website for American consumers to purchase low-cost prescription drugs.
Leavitt then presented newly released crime data as proof the President is delivering on restoring law and order. Citing a Council on Criminal Justice study, she said the murder rate across America’s largest cities plummeted in 2025 to its lowest level since at least 1900 — the largest single-year drop in murders in recorded history, she said. She stated that in 2025 the FBI increased violent crime arrests by 100 percent compared to the prior year, conducted more than 67,000 arrests from Inauguration Day 2025 to January 20, 2026 (197 percent more than the same prior period), disrupted 1,800 gangs and criminal enterprises (a 210 percent increase), arrested 1,700 child predators and more than 300 human traffickers, and captured six of the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted fugitives since the President took office.
For Washington, D.C., she said homicides were down 62 percent and motor vehicle theft down 53 percent as of the prior week, and that 2025 had the fewest violent gun crimes of any year of available data in the capital. On the Memphis operation, she cited nearly 5,600 arrests and aggravated assaults down 53 percent.
Why it matters
The briefing pairs the TrumpRx launch announcement with the administration’s most sweeping law-and-order statistical case to date, presenting 2025 as a record year for murder reduction and federal arrests.
Scoreboard watch
Leavitt cited a largest-ever single-year murder drop in 2025 and more than 67,000 FBI arrests in the administration’s first year; those figures are checkable against Council on Criminal Justice and FBI releases.
Sources: The White House, “Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Feb. 5, 2026”, 2026-02-05 (official upload, embedded above; published 2026-02-05). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.