Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel unveiled a seismic crackdown on child sex predators Wednesday, announcing 205 arrests and the rescue of 115 children in a week-long blitz dubbed "Operation Restore Justice."

The joint Justice Department and FBI operation, spanning 55 field offices, targeted some of the nation's most depraved criminals, including an illegal immigrant from Mexico and even law enforcement officials, Patel explained at a press briefing.

Minnesota state trooper Jeremy Francis Plonkski was apprehended Friday for producing child sexual abuse material while in uniform. He remains in custody pending a detention hearing and faces a mandatory minimum of 15 years in prison.

Former Metropolitan Police Department Officer Linwood Barnhill, a convicted sex offender who resided in the District of Columbia, was arrested on May 1 and charged with the sex trafficking of children by force while on supervised release.

According to the Department of Justice, Barnhill financially profited from recruiting children to engage in commercial sex acts.

"These depraved human beings, if convicted, will face the maximum penalty in prison, some life [imprisonment]," Bondi declared.

"We will find you. We will arrest you, and we will charge you. If you are online targeting a child, you will not escape us. The FBI and the Department of Justice will come after you."

Bondi issued a stark warning to parents: "Your child has no right to privacy on the internet. None. You have to monitor what your kids are doing... It’s from instant message to instant nightmare."

Patel vowed that under his leadership, the FBI will relentlessly hunt down child predators.

"If you harm our children, you will be given no sanctuary. There is no place we will not come to hunt you down," he said.

"These are people in places of public trust who have violated not only the law but that public trust," Patel continued, praising the DOJ’s "unwavering" commitment under Bondi’s leadership.

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The operation’s scope is staggering: 115 children rescued in five days, with federal agents and prosecutors sifting through the darkest corners of the internet to root out predators.

Bondi emphasized the toll on law enforcement, noting, "This kind of work takes a toll on the agents and prosecutors who are doing this every single day, dealing with the dregs of society, the worst of the worst."

Patel thanked the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the 90-plus U.S. Attorney’s offices involved, calling the effort a "refreshing" prioritization of America’s youth.

While the duo touts the "historic" success of Operation Restore Justice, their leadership is under siege from conservatives and Trump’s base, which are fuming over their failure to deliver on the Epstein files and purge Biden holdovers from the DOJ.

Social media posts on X reflect growing frustration, particularly among conservatives, who accuse the pair of failing to deliver on Trump’s agenda.

One user wrote, “Between Kash Patel, Pam Bondi, and Dan Bongino, I had high hopes of a return to honesty and respectability for the FBI and DOJ, but I’m not seeing it.”

Another called Bondi “the most useless trash we’ve ever had lead the DOJ,” alleging she’s more focused on pleasing Trump than delivering results.

Bondi’s bold pledge to unearth the Jeffrey Epstein files has turned into a public relations disaster.

In February 2025, she vowed to release “a lot of information” about the disgraced financier’s network, fueling expectations of explosive revelations.

Instead, the “Phase 1” release was a dud—200 pages of already-public flight logs, a redacted address book, and a heavily redacted “masseuse list” that offered no new insights.

Bondi accused the FBI’s New York field office of withholding thousands of pages, demanding Director Patel deliver the “full and complete” files by February 28.

When the FBI later handed over a “truckload” of documents, Bondi admitted they were still under review, with no timeline for public release.

Critics, including Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., slammed the release as "a complete disappointment," saying it was "not what the American people asked for."

Adding fuel to the fire, conservatives are incensed that Biden-era holdovers remain entrenched in the DOJ, undermining Trump’s agenda.

Bondi admitted to Fox News’ Sean Hannity in March that she and Patel are “starting at every level of the Justice Department” to “get rid of the worst of the worst,” but the purge has been slow.

The firing of Jan. 6 special counsel Jack Smith’s team was a start, but many rank-and-file prosecutors and agents from the Biden administration remain, raising suspicions of internal sabotage.

With public trust waning and midterm elections looming, the pressure is on for Bondi and Patel to prove they can fulfill the president’s promises—or face the wrath of a disillusioned base.