After FBI Director Kash Patel incorrectly announced that law enforcement had caught the person responsible for assassinating right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk — a declaration that was quickly, and embarrassingly, walked back — even some of the Trump administration’s biggest cheerleaders were fed up.
Joe Biggs, a Proud Boys leader who helped lead the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and had his 17-year prison sentence commuted by President Donald Trump after he was convicted of seditious conspiracy, asked why the head of the FBI was “speculating” instead of putting out authoritative information.
“Stop all this click bait shit you keep doing,” Biggs wrote on X, tagging Patel. “It’s unbecoming of the office in which you represent and only proves you were a horrible pick for this position.”
Kyle Seraphin, a right-wing former FBI agent and occasional Patel critic, didn’t hold back, either.
“FBI director fucked up and is desperate for a win,” Seraphin wrote. “This is absolutely ridiculous.”
