FBI Director Kash Patel said he did not regret an announcement that a person was taken into custody after the shooting of a conservative activist Charlie Kirk, after which soon the syllabus was reversed before reversing that the person was released.
Last Wednesday evening, a few hours after the deadly shooting at Utah Valley University and officials operated a manhunt for the suspect, Patel posted on the social media platform X that a “theme” was caught.
After less than two hours, the FBI director stated that the person was released – a clear signal law enforcement did not capture the right person.
The incident came after the first other confusion during the day when local authorities stated that a separate person of interest was taken into custody; The person was detained on suspicion of obstruction, but was Later released,
The FBI often hesitate to give details during the investigation, usually offering a limited update about its work, but Patel on Monday implicated the disclosure as an attempt of transparency.
Patel said, “I was getting transparent with the public working with the public on my conclusions, as I had, I said in that message that we had a subject and we were going to interview it, and we did it, and we were released,” Patel said. appearanceOn “fox and friends”.
Patel said that the FBI has been tasked to run all the leads down, while accepting that he could handle the update differently.
“Can I have done it a little better in the heat of the moment, of course, but do I regret it? Absolutely not. I was telling the world what the FBI was doing as we were doing, and I am continue to do so.
The FBI Director has been slated to appear for two days of the testimony of the Congress starting on Tuesday.
Officials announced on Friday 22 -year -old Tyler Robinson’s arrestCharging him with increased murder and other allegations on Kirk’s deadly shooting. Robinson is expected to appear in his first court on Tuesday.
