FBI director Kash Patel appeared on Fox News on Monday morning to discuss the way he managed Charlie Kirk’s assassination on Wednesday. Naturally, his premature announcement that the suspect shooter of the conservative activist was in detention – but he does not regret the tweet in question.
“So, within 24 hours later, when we always wanted the guy, I know that you posted that we did it and it ended up not being true,” recapitulated the co-host of “Fox & Friends”. “You have had heat because of this. What led you to publish this, why did you feel so certain and what do you have to say about criticism? ”
“I appreciate this opportunity. Look, as I said, I was transparent with work with the public on our conclusions as I had them. I declared in this message that we had a subject and that we were going to interview, and we did it, and it was released, “replied Patel. “FBI’s work is not only for the suspect’s man hunting that has done murder or suspects, but it is also to eliminate targets and eliminate subjects that are not involved in the process. And that’s what we did. “
“Should I form it a little better in the fire of the moment? Of course. But do I regret extinguishing it? Absolutely not,” he insisted. “I told the world what the FBI did as we did, and I continue to do it. I challenge anyone there to find a director who was more transparent and more willing to work on the media on very publicized cases or any case that the FBI manages that we have not been. ”
Kirk was killed on Wednesday when he was speaking when he stops the American return tour at the University of Utah Valley in Orem, Utah. He was transported to a local hospital, where he died later from his injuries. He was 31 years old.
While the survey and hunting for humans still developed the day of the patel (and the governor of Utah Spencer Cox) both assured to the public that the alleged shooter was in detention.
“The subject of the horrible shootout today who took the life of Charlie Kirk is now in detention,” wrote FBI director on X on Wednesday. “Thank you to the local and state authorities of UTAH for your partnership with the FBI. We will provide updates when you are capable. ”
In the end, two immediate interests of interest were both discovered are not the suspected shooter. Friday morning, President Donald Trump revealed on Fox News that Tyler Robinson, 22, went for the shooting Thursday evening.
“He heard concerns about the appearance of this,” an administration official at NBC News in the Patel News said on Monday. “There are a lot of trembling heads.”
