FBI Director: ‘We Seized Enough Fentanyl in 2025 to Kill 178 Million Americans’

The FBI currently maintains over 35,000 direct-funded positions across 55 field offices nationwide. Federal officials caution that fentanyl remains deeply embedded in the illicit drug supply chain, often mixed into cocaine, methamphetamine, and counterfeit prescription pills.

“Keeping Americans safe at home and abroad is a no-fail mission,” Patel stated in prior testimony.