Director of FBI Kash Patel was on Fox & Friends on September 15 and he addressed the criticism he received for his tweets that first announced the suspect was on custody hours after Charle Kirk’s killing and then said they were released.
FBI director Kash Patel was on Fox & Friends
Kash Patel was on Fox & Friends with Lawrence Jones, Ainsley Earhardt, and Brian Kilmeade on Monday, September 15
The Director of the FBI was on the Fox News morning program to discuss the ongoing investigation of Charlie Kirk’s killing. During the interview he had disclosed new updates from the case such as the suspect’s DNA matching the DNA on the towel wrapped around the firearm and a screw driver. Last Friday, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson from Utah, was identified as the suspect.
During his interview, Brian inquired about the criticism Patel received over his premature tweet declaring the “subject for the horrific shooting… is now in custody,” hours after the controversial conservative internet personality was fatally shot. Then less than two hours later, he wrote, the “subject in custody has been released after an interrogation by law enforcement.”
The Fox anchor asked if Patel regretted making the initial tweet and Patel was firm in standing on the tweet and replied bluntly, “Absolutely not.“
Patel addressed the criticism he faced about tweeting the suspect was in custody hours after Charlie’s shooting
“So in 24 hours after while we were still looking for the guy, I know you posted ‘we got him’ and that ended up not being true and you took some incoming because of that, what led to you posting that and why did you feel so certain about it and what do you have to say about the criticism?” Brian asked.
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“I appreciate this opportunity. Look, as I stated, I was being transparent with the public on the findings as a I had them. I stated in that message that we had a subject and we were going to interview him and we did and he was released,” Patel said.
“The job of the FBI is not to just to manhunt the actual suspect who did the killing – or suspects – it’s also to eliminate targets and to eliminate subjects who are not involved in the process and that’s what we were doing.” he continued.
“Could I have worded it a little better in the heat of the moment? Sure. But do I regret putting it out? Absolutely not, ” Patel added. “I was telling the world what the FBI was doing as we were doing it and I’m continuing to do that and I challenge anyone out there to find a director that has been more transparent and more willing to work the media on high profile cases or any case the FBI is handling.”
Patel also clarified allegations that he was not getting information and that he got “stonewalled” when requesting photos in the case.
Patel said there was no denial when it came to releasing the photos and that the photos were produced but just not in what he viewed as “a timely manner” so he “accelerated the process.”
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