Kash Patel wrongly announced they'd caught Kirk's killer, who is still on the loose.
Kash Patel noted that the investigation continues
Already, a series of missteps by Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, in recent months have invited worries that he has eroded public confidence in the agency.
The FBI Director and longtime Trump ally has come under fire for his handling of the shooting and search for the killer.
The murder weapon has been recovered and photos of the suspect released, yet the investigation appears to have stalled. The head of the FBI, a staunch supporter of Donald Trump,…
Despite multi-agency hunt for Charlie Kirk’s killer, manhunt only ended when suspect turned himself in
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…
Patel now approaches congressional oversight hearings this coming week facing not just questions about that investigation but broader doubts about whether he can stabilize the FBI.
Invective against Kash Patel includes insults to his handling of investigation, his ethnicity and his reference to Valhalla
Kirk, a prominent ally of Trump, was speaking at Utah Valley University when the shooting occurred.
Kash Patel has come under scrutiny for his investigation into Charlie Kirk's assassin which saw two men wrongly detained among other controversies.
By prematurely declaring the suspect was in custody, Patel further damaged his credibility, which was already undermined by the Epstein case.