"About four hours after the right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk was assassinated by an unknown shooter at Utah Valley University Wednesday, FBI Director Kash Patel posted a picture of himself with Kirk on his personal X account. The undated photo shows the two men grinning, apparently about to tape Kirk's daily livestream show; Patel wears a branded shirt with his own name on it, styled as K$H."
"Prominent MAGA-aligned influencers on X were not amused by the initial mistake. "Why is the @FBI speculating like everyone not in the know?" demanded Joe Biggs, a leader of the Proud Boys who was sentenced to 17 years in prison for his role in the January 6 attack on the Capitol. (President Donald Trump commuted his sentence.) "Stop all the click bait shit you keep doing," he wrote."
About four hours after Charlie Kirk was assassinated at Utah Valley University, FBI Director Kash Patel posted a personal photo with Kirk on his X account. Patel's official FBI account then posted that the suspected shooter was already in custody, and about ninety minutes later posted that the suspect "has been released after an interrogation by law enforcement." The killer remains at large. MAGA-aligned influencers criticized the FBI's initial posts, with Joe Biggs and Kyle Seraphin calling the updates embarrassing and speculative. The FBI normally waits until certain before public announcements. Patel moved from congressional staffer and national-security aide into a pro-Trump influencer role who sold MAGA children's books.
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