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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(128,551 posts)
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 08:16 PM Thursday

Running Tally of Investigative Mistakes Made By Kash Patel & Trump's FBI in the Charlie Kirk Assassination Investigation


Thus far, the second Trump administration’s Federal Bureau of Investigation has:

Arrested a suspect on-scene for Obstruction of Justice and then let Utah Valley State University officials and national media wrongly tell the public that this arrest was of the shooter, without correcting that misinformation for over an hour;

detained a second suspect merely for interrogation, then allowed Utah Valley State University officials and national media to wrongly tell the public that this arrest was of the shooter, without correcting that misinformation for several hours;

posted to the official social media feed of FBI director Kash Patel a false claim that the shooter was in custody, which misinformation then had to be retracted;

allowed Patel to post about this case as it was ongoing in the first instance, which is inconsistent with FBI protocols (which send all comms through the Special-Agent-in-Charge on-scene, who briefs the media at regular intervals on-camera);

https://sethabramson.substack.com/p/a-running-tally-of-investigative
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Running Tally of Investigative Mistakes Made By Kash Patel & Trump's FBI in the Charlie Kirk Assassination Investigation (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Thursday OP
Too bad they fired all those experienced agents, huh Arkansas Granny Thursday #1
Bingo!! FadedMullet Thursday #2
It's a great time to be an assassin. Turbineguy Thursday #3
FBI used to be the finest criminal investigative agency in the world. Irish_Dem Thursday #4
Wife and I are in season 8 of the 60s/70s tv series, The FBI, w/Efrem ZImbalist, Jr. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Thursday #5
Accumulating likes on social media is way different malaise Thursday #6
Who woulda thunk kerouac2 Thursday #7

Irish_Dem

(74,672 posts)
4. FBI used to be the finest criminal investigative agency in the world.
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 08:33 PM
Thursday

Now it looks like a clown show.

RedWhiteBlueIsRacist

(1,091 posts)
5. Wife and I are in season 8 of the 60s/70s tv series, The FBI, w/Efrem ZImbalist, Jr.
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 08:41 PM
Thursday

Maybe we should send the set over to Kash & Co when we're done!.

kerouac2

(1,265 posts)
7. Who woulda thunk
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 09:11 PM
Thursday

So much talent, top talent, the best I tell you... Thankfully we have others just like him running our country...

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