The 22-year-old suspect arrested for killing Charlie Kirk “had a text message exchange … in which he claimed he had an ‘opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk’ and he was going to do it because of his hatred for what Charlie stood for,” FBI Director Kash Patel said.

Tyler James Robinson was arrested last week, a day after Kirk was fatally shot while on a tour to debate people on topics of their choosing across the country. Kirk was killed at 12:23 p.m. MT on the Utah Valley University campus. Following a large-scale manhunt and two initial suspects being released from custody, police shared images of a person of interest captured on video surveillance footage that led to Robinson’s arrest.

Speaking on Fox & Friends on Monday , Patel said that Robinson’s family has “collectively told inve

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