Hours after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was killed during an appearance at Utah Valley University in Orem, FBI Director Kash Patel told the world : “The subject for the horrific shooting today that took the life of Charlie Kirk is now in custody.”

But the attorney appointed by President Donald Trump to lead the bureau posted a correction less than two hours later , saying that person had been released. The alleged shooter was not arrested until more than 24 hours after that post.

Within a week, Patel faced questions on his handling of the incident during a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing . A report submitted by “a national alliance of retired and active-duty FBI agents and analysts” to that body and the House Judiciary Committee, and leaked to the New York Post

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