KANSAS CITY, Mo. —

U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt on Wednesday invited FBI Director Kash Patel to Kansas City to discuss how the federal agency can bolster efforts to fight violent crime in the region.

The invitation follows Patel’s recent visit to St. Louis. Advertisement

Schmitt invited Patel to tour the Kansas City field office and meet with local law enforcement leaders.

“I write to invite you to visit Kansas City, Missouri, to tour and address the FBI Kansas City Field Office, and to discuss how the FBI and the Trump Administration are tackling violent crime in the Kansas City metropolitan area following your commendable May 2025 decision to relocate 33 positions out of Washington, D.C., to Kansas City, as I advocated for earlier this year,” he wrote.

In the letter, Schmitt also wrote a

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