FBI Director Kash Patel was dining at an upscale New York City restaurant just hours after Charlie Kirk’s murder - the same evening the FBI fumbled the pursuit of his killer not once, but twice.
The 45-year-old former MAGA podcaster–turned–spy chief has come under mounting scrutiny for the blunders at the bureau following the brutal killing at Utah Valley University on Wednesday.
Hours after the killing, Patel took to X to announce that the 'subject' in Kirk's murder was finally 'in custody.'
In a post shared at 6:21 pm, the director wrote: 'Thank you to the local and state authorities in Utah for your partnership with the FBI.'
But just over an hour later - at 7:59 pm - Patel walked back his earlier statement, announcing that the subject 'has been released after an interrogation by law enforcement.'
