1 of 3 | FBI Director Kash Patel said online gaming and other virtual platforms are "radicalizing" youth, which causes political violence, during a House Judiciary Committee hearing at the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/UPI | License Photo
Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Many teens and young adults become radicalized by online forums, which lead to violent attacks driven by ideology, FBI Director Kash Patel told the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.
Patel testified before the House committee a day after testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee and affirmed that the FBI investigates political violence regardless of the source or who is victimized.
Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vt., accused the Trump administration of "exploiting" conservative activist Charlie Kirk's shooting death on Sept. 10 and said President Donald Trump called it "far-left violence."
She then cited the shooting deaths of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, in June by accused shooter Vance Boelter.
