Sept. 16 (UPI) -- The Senate Judiciary Committee undertook an hours-long hearing on Tuesday to assess FBI Director Kash Patel's and the FBI's performance regarding recent high-profile matters.
Among the topics discussed are the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation files.
Some senators criticized Patel's initial handling of the search for Kirk's shooter, including ranking member Dick Durbin, D-Ill., who accused Patel of causing "mass confusion" in social media posts, according to ABC News.
In one post, Patel said the FBI found the suspect in the recent Kirk shooting and thanked other law enforcement for helping capture the shooter, but he later announced that person and one other were released from custody and did not shoot Kirk.
Patel defended his performance and that of the FBI by saying they captured suspected shooter Tyler Robinson, 22, within 36 hours of the shooting on the Utah Valley University Campus on Wednesday afternoon.
