WASHINGTON — FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed Tuesday that a number of people are both beneath investigation or have already been interrogated by brokers for discussing Charlie Kirk’s assassination in a Discord “chatroom.”
“Did Mr. Kirk’s murderer act alone?” Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) requested Patel through the FBI director’s testimony in a Senate Judiciary Committee listening to.
“There are a selection of people which might be at the moment being investigated and interrogated — and a quantity but to be investigated and interrogated associated to that chatroom,” Patel answered.
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“So others may have been concerned?” Kennedy additionally requested.
“Sure, sir,” Patel replied.
Earlier, the FBI boss had advised Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) that “much more” than 20 individuals have been on the Discord channel
“I see the general public experiences that the Discord thread had as many as 20 extra customers,” Hawley pressed.
“It’s much more than that,” Patel answered. “We’re operating all of them down.”
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