Welp, Kash Patel found a "destroyed note" that explained that the shooter did this because of leftist ideology.

[still-prayin4rain]

https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/inside-tyler-robinson-s-destroyed-note-left-before-charlie-kirk-s-shooting-i-m-going-to/ar-AA1MA7W1

"According to Patel, the note read, “I have the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and I'm going to take it." On Monday morning, the FBI director told Fox News that the note was “written before the shooting,” and was at the suspect's home.”

Regarding Robinson's note, Patel added, “We have since learned the note - even though it was destroyed - we have found forensic evidence of the note and we have confirmed what the note said because our aggressive interview posture at the FBI," as reported by Daily Mail."


Apparently, the suspect wrote it and then destroyed it, but then the FBI was able to un-destroy it through aggressive interviewing techniques. As you might suspect, it confirmed that this was the fault of the entire left because they criticize Trump. The FBI is still confirming what other things the destroyed note said and will continue to release the terrible things it learns about how "the left" caused this as they continue to un-destroy the note in the coming weeks.

ON EDIT: I think this is apparent to most, but the title and last paragraph are sarcastic commentary. The two paragraphs that are quoted are real, direct quotes from Kash Patel said in an interview with Fox "News" relating to the 'destroyed' note.

[Clouds Passing]

1. The note disappeared just like the trumpstein files

[still-prayin4rain]

3. Oh, yes! I forgot that part. The suspect also destroyed all of the Epstein files. The FBI was unable to un-destroy those

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. The Epstein files were NOT destroyed and have NOT gone away as an issue.

Eschew binary thinking. It is incredibly limiting and misdirecting. Binary thinking plays the maga game for them.

[Clouds Passing]

20. The trumpstein files have been replaced by kirk in the MSM, that is the intent of my statement.

I did not literally mean that the files literally disappeared. Don’t accuse me of things which are not true

[Bernardo de La Paz]

23. If you don't want to be misunderstood, then write clearly & don't get upset if you are misunderstood

Thank you for clarifying. We all get misunderstood from time to time, so clarify.

The only thing I accused you of (perhaps) was binary thinking (all or nothing thinking) as revealed by what you wrote. That was all we have to go on. I'll accept that was not the case in this instance, so, fine, you were not binary thinking in this instance.

[Clouds Passing]

26. I was speaking jokingly

[Dave says]

55. That was clear with your initial post

It was clear you were joking. Maybe always add a sarcasm emoji to ward of misreading?

[ananda]

56. Welp, there are the ones who can laugh...

and the ones who can't.

In this world now, I really sympathize with the ones
who can't.

However, my funny bone aint goin' nowhere.

[Quanto Magnus]

93. I thought they were being quite clear....

Why are fellow DU'ers so hot to jump on each other?

[quakerboy]

81. Seems like they largely have gone away

Even here on DU, i dont see them on any of the top headlines, and havnt for days.

[Torchlight]

96. Sounds serious

Good luck.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

101. Most of us think the USofA is in serious trouble. Good luck to you. . . . nt

[Prairie Gates]

2. Defense attorneys everywhere are salivating about *that* cross-examination

The destroyed note.

It's kind of like the purloined letter, but infinitely stupider.

[ECL213]

97. More like prosecutors are lining up to utilize this new standard of Federally acceptable evidence...

we are in the Upside-Down, my friend.

[onethatcares]

4. it was written in Sanskrit

tucked under his boarding pass for the ark. Will miracles ever stop?

[LeftInTX]

52. Did it mention Valhalla?

[yardwork]

99. Voila! Another mystery solved!

[Walleye]

5. They are desperately trying to paint him as "leftist"

I guess just to vindicate those who went off on us after the killing. The young man was born and raised in Utah went to Utah State University. He is not ever been a “leftist“. I think there are only two sides now not right and left, but maga and anti-Maga

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. He had a scholarship but could only cope with a single university term. Hardly "radicalized" by university

Their false narrative is constructed in the hopes of advancing a bogus authoritarian crackdown for which there are already tentative steps.

[Walleye]

12. They want us to believe that this guy who was raised in a Republican family

Was so radicalized in a couple of years that he was willing to commit murder for “the left”, I’m not even sure who they’re talking about. Let’s see a manifesto or something. Fucking people are so vague all the time, that’s how they get people to believe them.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

21. Spot on re vagueness (lack of facts) & they don't do nuance, lie, have Dunnings-Kruger & have confirmation bias. nt

[dpibel]

36. Dunning-Kruger

No "s."

[Bernardo de La Paz]

38. Thanks. . . . .nt

[JoseBalow]

125. Thank

[Bernardo de La Paz]

126. thx

[LeftInTX]

44. I personally think he had a gaming addiction. Happened to my son with a scholarship. First semester.

Minecraft and numerous others obtained via torrents was his addiction. National Hispanic Scholar.
Fortunately, he was attending school in town. We moved him out of the dorm and took control of his computer.

He got his scholarship back after begging and graduated. But it's a real thing and I don't know what would have happened if he dropped out. Bright guy, who has been an engineer for 10 years. He even started his own company.

I could see something like that causing downward spiral.

I wouldn't be surprised if he started going downhill then and spent even more time gaming. Of course gaming addictions don't lead to violence, but they can mess up your life.

[Tree Lady]

89. I wish my daughter had taken away

Computer from my grandson. He got hooked early to gaming and it's kept him from college, from wanting to get ahead. He lived for free with my ex for years before his girlfriend got pregnant 3 yrs ago and moved his daughter across the states. Still took him years until ths last May to wake up and move back where she was, get a job in warehouse and now is visiting his daughter.

He is one of the many youth in late 20's wanting money without doing the work to get it, belongs to some group on X but won't talk about it. He didn't vote but if he did wouldn't be for our side.

[yardwork]

106. Kids like that in my family too.

They spout all kinds of nonsense they've read on the internet. They spend way too much time in an echo chamber, exposed to trolls and who knows who else. They don't read the news or history.

It's a real concern.

[LeftInTX]

132. It's sad. We couldn't get much help for our son. This was at the end of 2011.

So, we put a bunch of parental control software on his computer etc etc etc. I had a program called Net Nanny where I could spy on him. I'm sure he circumvented it by installing Linux dual boot. But we watched that computer. And his grades went up the next semester. We also grounded him from going to Lubbock to see his GF (500 miles away)

I was a pretty much a pit bull mama!

It's not much recognized as a real addiction, yet it has hurt many lives.

[markodochartaigh]

13. The problem is,

when you are as far to the right as the maga base of the Republican party, almost every ideology in human history is to the left of you.

[Walleye]

18. Which is why I believe right and left are artificial designations that don't apply

There’s Trumpers and there’s non-Trumpers that’s it

[markodochartaigh]

24. Certainly today in the US

there are only two factions, those who want to keep democracy in the US and those who are willing to end democracy in order to keep control.

In 2015 the Republican party put party before country and chose an authoritarian Strong Leader who was not committed to democracy as their candidate. Since that point democracy has been on life support in the US.

I think that it is inevitable that an ignorant and apathetic electorate will produce a situation in which the only issue which matters will end up being democracy itself. And we are there.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

28. Politics is at least two-dimensional, not linear, and probably has more identifiable dimensions

X-axis: liberal / conservative on human rights and social rights and crime etc.

Y-axis: fiscally liberal / conservative.

[LeftInTX]

50. The Senator from Utah (GOP) said, let's just call them "radicals", Not right or left radicals.

He wanted to drop the left/right label. It sorta makes sense to me.

I remember the Nazi inspired killer in WI.

People who go down extremist route and resort to killing people are not the norm. Most of them are non-voters and don't have a true political affiliation. They don't believe in civic engagement, but OTOH, they may have a history of complaining. There are so many sicko conspiracy theories available at one's fingertips these days.

You can still dissect, what motivated them later. But there is usually mental illness involved. The school shooter in MN hated everyone.

[karynnj]

63. The problem is that he may see only MAGA as not radical

Meaning the far right crazies, the smaller grouper of far left crazies, and every one else ranging from supporters of Bernie Sanders/AOC/Mamdani to Reagan/both Bush are ALL labelled radicals. Even though this includes everyone with any legitimate claim to being a being mainstream

[Walleye]

71. The guy is still alive. He will eventually tell us what he was thinking I believe.

[LeftInTX]

115. I'm sure his lawyer is telling him to keep quiet. A plea deal is possible, but not probable.

The FBI may have flubbed evidence. The governor and Patel may have incited prejudice. Lack of evidence is the most likely reason a plea deal is offered. I think despite this, they likely have the evidence and won't offer a plea deal, but you never know.

All this motivation stuff from the Republicans is RW spin to get people worked up and support Trump's agenda.

[Walleye]

117. Yes, I would think he would try to avoid the death penalty. He's only 22.

But maybe he won’t have enough sense to do that. He is obviously not playing with a full deck.

[LeftInTX]

118. Plea deals are up to the prosecution, not the defendant.

If the prosecution feels they may not got a verdict, then they will likely offer a deal.

Plea deals are also very common in low level cases because they save headaches for everyone.

I've seen numerous high profile murder cases where a plea deal was not offered, such as Darlie Routier's case. The evidence was flimsy, but they got her on death row and that was their goal.

[Crunchy Frog]

134. Unless there's something like a quid pro quo to avoid the death penalty by playing along with the narrative.

[LymphocyteLover]

111. also, they are simple-minded folks, so anyone against them are automatically leftists

[Walleye]

136. It's true I think you put your finger right on it there

[returnee]

140. He killed a right wing person.

Ipso facto he is left wing. Don’t you get it?

[Ocelot II]

6. "Our aggressive interview posture at the FBI"? What does that mean?

Did they waterboard somebody who they thought might know what the note said? Or is weaselly little Patel who always looks like he's being goosed just talking the manly MAGA man talk for the benefit of Dear Leader?

[Walleye]

15. Waterboarding, I thought the same thing

[TommyT139]

66. That stood out to me too

Although there's a lot of terrain between legitimate interviewing and interrogation and torture.

The psychology of what can make people confess can be missed...and the psychology behind what makes people falsely confess, or "embellish" an account -- that science can be easily ignored.

[DET]

122. 'weaselly little Patel who always looks like he's being goosed'

I have to borrow that.

[JoseBalow]

127. "aggressive interview posture"

[RobinA]

129. Apparently It Means

somebody called the FBI before they were even out of bed and told them they had a confession.

[Norbert]

8. They can undestroy a note

Maybe they can unlose the Epstein Files.

I know. Wishful thinking.

[Scrivener7]

14. They learn that in the Spells and Potions class at Quantico. Slitherin is the best at it.

[sl8]

9. Keep in mind the source, especially when they're known for promoting propaganda.

Hindustan Times is a pretty crappy source, in general. This particular piece uses Fox News and The Daily Mirror for its sources.


https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/hindustan-times/

Overall, we rate the Hindustan Times Left-Center Biased and questionable due to poor sourcing, numerous failed fact checks, and the promotion of propaganda. (M. Huitsing 9/5/2017) Updated (12/23/2024)

Emphasis mine.

[still-prayin4rain]

19. Yes, good point. But in this case, it is true -- Kash Patel did literally say the things quoted.

[Wiz Imp]

92. Hindustan times left center biased? Is that a joke?

All the articles I've ever seen there were clearly biased to the right. That's why that media bias fact check site is totally unreliable. They themselves are clearly biased to the right. The promotion of propaganda claim, however, is true of Hindustan times.

[sl8]

110. I was wondering about that, too.

Based on the little I read of their reasoning, it seems to be because of their reporting on Indian politics.

[sl8]

100. Moved post. nt

[Ping Tung]

11. Patel hired a travelling preacher who raised it from the dead..

[sop]

16. Patel: "We have confirmed what the note said because our aggressive interview posture at the FBI."

It sounds like they waterboarded the note. Patel didn't have to torture it, the FBI used "enhanced interrogation techniques" to acquire information from the note.

[flvegan]

17. "Oh, and Trump definitely does not have a small penis."

- Soon to also be stated in the "un-destroyed" note, probably.

[dalton99a]

22. Many people are saying the destroyed notes specifically mentioned Trump's penis

[hlthe2b]

25. Umm: 17 responses to date and not one is questioning wtf the 'leftist' ideology in that note

(or evidence therein) consisted of... Pardon the dangling preposition, but I saw nothing that justified that headline...

[Ocelot II]

34. I guess that's because nobody believes it?

But it does suggest that goons from Patel's "reformed" FBI might have "aggressively interrogated" someone who saw the note until he invented something that sounded vaguely leftist.

"What did the note say, punk?"

"I don't know, I didn't see it!"

*WHACK*

"What did it say???"

"I don't know! Please don't hit me!"

*WHACK*

"Did it say anything about Antifa?"

"I don't know! I don't even know what that is?"

*WHACK*

"I'm asking you again, punk. Did the note mention Antifa? Or Black Lives Matter?"

*WHACK*

"I don't know... It might have..."

*WHACK*

"OK, yeah, it did. He loved Anfifa, Antipasto, whatever. Went to all their meetings. That's what the note said. How great it was. And Black Flies Matter. Them, too. Just don't hit me again."

[still-prayin4rain]

42. Ah, the fine art of un-destroying destroyed notes.

[Ray Bruns]

76. They must have hired Will Ferrell's daughter for the interrogation

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/92TC-S5e0so

[cornball 24]

120. Thank you!! Haven't laughed that much in a looooonnnngggg time.

[karynnj]

64. Reading through thinking the same thought

His note would be consistent with being on the far right.

[Wiz Imp]

95. I believe their evidence of being " leftist" is he didn't like Kirk.

They're pretending that only "leftists" could hate Kirk, ignoring the existence of Nick Fuentes and Laura Loomer among many others on the right who despised him.

[yardwork]

102. Seems like that's a question for Patel and the governor.

I think they were told by Trump to frame it as "leftist ideology."

So far I e seen zero evidence but I think the OP was just quoting Patel.

[hlthe2b]

104. Yes. but, we are here discussing Patel's assertion, yet no comment/question/discussion of that?

Other posters have suggested that the assumption is that MAGA is implying the ONLY ones who could possibly "not like" Kirk would be Leftists. They are probably deluded enough to believe that--after all, they think Trump is the returned "Messiah..."

[yardwork]

108. Speaking for myself, I honestly have no idea of the shooter's ideology.

As I've posted before I imagine it's a mishmash of half-baked ideas and nonsense gleaned from hopping around the internet, interacting in echo chambers and never fact-checking anything.

I disagree with TrumpCo's framing of "leftist ideology." It's just nonsense they use to scare people. By compressing all beliefs to the right of Trump into one "leftist ideology" they can call Kamala Harris a communist because hey, it's all leftist, isn't it?

It's so stupid it makes my head hurt.

[LeftInTX]

116. I read a few articles about it, but the articles didn't mention anything other than he was planning to kill Kirk

No other info other than quotes from Patel. So, it's probably BS RW spin.

[Dulcinea]

27. Kash Patel can't find his own butt with both hands & GPS.

And we're supposed to believe this crap? Give me a break.

[still-prayin4rain]

30. Look, they found a destroyed note that they un-destroyed (but you can't see the un-destroyed note without special FBI

glasses, so it will not be released) and it confirmed that the left is bad and Trump is good.

What is so unbelievable about that?

[OLDMDDEM]

29. He probably wrote it.

[sheshe2]

31. Thank God for Carnac!

He solved the problem by reading his mind!

[lapfog_1]

61. The note was in a mayonnaise jar left on Funk & Wagnalls' porch since noon today-n/t

[niyad]

70. Oh my word, I was just thinking that very line yesterday. Absolutely

no idea why it popped up.

[peggysue2]

32. Wow!

They 'undestoyed' the killer's note. What a giant leap forward for police investigations. Is this a riff on the movie Minority Report? Is there a tank in the FBI with PreCogs reading notes before they're obliterated?

Tom Cruise would be proud.

For the rest of us? Total BS.

[fargone]

33. The destroyed note is on its way to becoming a manifesto

[Eliot Rosewater]

35. Liar

Kash that is not the OP

[miyazaki]

37. Aggressive interviewing techniques? As in torture?

[Ocelot II]

41. See #34.

[miyazaki]

46. Ah so. Well back in medieval times they called it

being 'put to the question'.

Back to the good old days.

[Qutzupalotl]

39. The shooter is still alive and can explain himself

if he survives until court. So don't worry about Kash Patel and the Magic Undestroyed Note that Says what the FBI Wants to Hear. We'll know soon enough.

[still-prayin4rain]

43. Like Maxwell, the suspects life (and everything else) is in their hands, so I am not sure how motivated he will be to

go against their narrative.

[Qutzupalotl]

45. I think they will seek the death penalty no matter what.

To your point, maybe they could offer him life in prison as a bribe to say what they want him to. But that seems politically untenable; if he claims to be a lefty, Kirk's base will call for his head. They already are, with little evidence.

So he's a dead man either way, and even life in prison is no picnic. I think he will say his piece when he can, with his actual motivations, and in court for maximum effect — rather than cave to pressure in interviews. But we will see.

[still-prayin4rain]

49. I see your point and hope you're right, but they have the power to make his life hell in the meantime

of whatever comes next.

[Crunchy Frog]

135. Nah. They'll claim he was a victim of "left wing" indoctrination and that he should receive leniency.

If they paint him as a nice boy who was a victim of evil doers, they could get away with a lighter sentence.

Just speculating. We'll see how it shakes down.

[LeftInTX]

57. He will be tried in state court.

[still-prayin4rain]

58. Utah being the state, right? Do you think Utah state officials would not be agreeable to a certain narrative?

[LeftInTX]

60. I don't think they will get into motive.

Their goal is to find him guilty of murder.
Defense lawyers will try to squash evidence such as motive.
They have a strong case against him.

Guilty.

[still-prayin4rain]

65. Um, OK ... interesting theory. I guess we'll see.

[Moostache]

40. He misspoke..

He meant to say - the note was IN the Epstein files, but because Joe Biden did not release the files, it is unable to be shown but trust him, it was really, really leftist and very, very bad, and Jesus.

[Torchlight]

47. They'll eventually tell us he said everything which best validates their narrative

Regardless of accuracy, honesty or integrity.

[DBoon]

48. did he pull the note out of a pumpkin?

[LeftInTX]

51. I don't trust Patel. Hindustan Times regurgitates RW rags.

[spanone]

53. It sounds like a whole lot of bullshit.

Patel should keep his mouth shut. This suspect hasn't even been charged yet....this is totally fucked up.

[Attilatheblond]

54. Where are the Epstein Files?

Kash seems to be pulling things outta the air, or his ass, in an attempt to look competent and appease the powerful chaps who rely on fueling the hate to make bank and hold power.

[Botany]

59. Show us the note Kash.

So the note was destroyed but now the FBI has been able to fix it so it can be seen again now?
Just like Obama, the Clintons, and Joe Biden owned time machines so they were able to place
a letter into Epstein’s birthday book 22 years ago and to make Trump look bad.

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

62. Punk was reared in a Christo-Magat household. MAGA-ism put that round through Kirk's neck.

One more day at the range, and Kirk's noggin' would have been obliterated (using one of Trumps favorite words).

[calimary]

73. Mixing religion and politics. Oy...

Nothing but a recipe for trouble.

[maxrandb]

67. Sigh - they know it's true, because it was written in Sharpie!

[Solly Mack]

68. Did the dog eat the note?

[2MuchNoise]

69. Kash used his secret decoder ring. The note said, "Be sure to drink your Ovaltine".

[Autumn]

72. Why don't you seperate your sacasm from the 2 paragraphs that you

posted. there's enough garbage out there without adding to it

[still-prayin4rain]

79. I'm sorry you felt confused. I think the ON EDIT note explains it quite well (for the few who had any doubt).

[JoseBalow]

74. Blatant bullshit

Not even remotely credible, give me a break.

[rurallib]

75. In a real world Patel would have been fired by now

[Wiz Imp]

105. In a sane world, he never would have been confirmed

[Dave Bowman]

77. Total nonsense, they can't come up with anything remotely plausible.

[IronLionZion]

78. The linked article doesn't say anything about "leftist ideology"

Did OP add that part?

The article's headline is:

Inside Tyler Robinson’s 'destroyed' note left before Charlie Kirk's shooting: 'I'm going to...'

[still-prayin4rain]

80. Oh wow, I just replied to someone that the ON EDIT note along with the "Welp" made it clear that the headline was

commentary on Patel's direct quotes. I guess I was wrong.

[IronLionZion]

83. Better separation of the article text and your text is needed

For example

Use the Excerpt Box for article text

Then put your text below that. Same with the title. Why add your own text to the title?

[still-prayin4rain]

86. So, I thought in the General Discussion forum we discussed topics and ideas more generally and in LBN we stuck to

the exact headline.

My title is meant to tie together the Utah governor saying on Saturday that the suspect had a leftist ideology, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/us/kirk-shooting-suspect-ideology-partner.html "Kirk Shooting Suspect Held ‘Leftist Ideology,’ Utah Governor Says"

AND now, Kash Patel saying they have found a destroyed note that they ".... have confirmed what that note says, because of our aggressive interview posture at the FBI."

So, what do you think the FBI has confirmed that the destroyed note says?

Luckily, most people on the thread seem to understand the point of the post clearly, but I do apologize for any confusion on how I posted.

[John1956PA]

87. I caught what you meant in the title. I am sick of . . .

. . . Patel and Cox following Trump's marching orders, but we all know that they would. The "Welp" is appropriate.

[still-prayin4rain]

90. Oh shew, thanks! Yes, the whole cabinet of influencers and hanger-ons ready for marching orders.

[EnergizedLib]

82. Where's the evidence of leftist ideology?

If that was all that was written on the note, that tells us absolutely nothing about the suspect’s political leanings or motive.

[dflprincess]

85. That was my question.

Maybe they assume he's a "leftist" because he can write a coherent sentence using upper & lower cases correctly?

[John1956PA]

84. Late this morning, FBI Co-Deputy Director Bongino mentioned the word "obsession."

Bingino stated that Robinson had an "obsession" with Kirk.

Over the last few days, I have been thinking of the obsession which Mark David Chapman had with John Lennon. Chapman had Lennon sign an album cover a day or two before he shot him. Chapman, of course, was deranged. He liked Lennon"s music, but disliked a line in "Imagine" which seems to applaud atheism.

I think Robinson's obsessive attachment to all things Kirk was the foundation for his deadly act. In his twisted mind, Robinson felt that, if he could not be Charlie Kirk, then Kirk could be be Kirk either.

[Janbdwl72]

88. In the contest for least credibility ever

Kash Patel ranks just a few hundredths of a point below the Orange Maniac.

[Upthevibe]

91. Kick. N/T

[Emile]

94. BS, he came from a right-wing republican family,

and family members all posed for family pictures with guns.

That is about the furthest leftist ideology I have ever heard of.

Republicans need to get off their hemorrhoidal asses and take personal responsibility for their ideology.

[ancianita]

98. Yep. All their "found" are fabricated. All their fabricated are found.

Patel's people "found something" that even the family, friend, pastor, as direct eyewitnesses to the shooter's life didn't even know about!!

[barbtries]

103. they tortured the note

until it said what they wanted it to say.

propaganda is truly job ONE for this abject administration.

[CentralMass]

107. In the immortal words of the members of Delta Tau Chi

?si=a5ld1AOL0nTw2jT9

[Mblaze]

109. "I have the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and I'm going to take it."

Where did it say it was because of "Leftist ideology"?

[DallasNE]

112. How Does "Aggressive Interview Posture" Differ From Torture

How well did that work following 9/11? We are still left with Gitmo decades later. Have we learned nothing?

[LymphocyteLover]

113. the OLD DESTROYED NOTE trick!

Dang, why didn't we think of that!?

[AncientOfDays]

114. It was more personal than political

My opinion/analysis.

Robinson was raised MAGA and around a lot of guns. But he wasn't all that political. He was Groyper, but that wasn't his motivation. Somewhere along the line, Robinson fell in love with a trans person. Charlie Kirk comes along preaching hate against trans and causing hurt to someone Robinson loved. There is the motivation.

Let's hope it does go to trial and the truth comes out - else Kirk will continue to be a martyr and the drumbeat against "the left" will continue to intensify.

[bluestarone]

119. Well, to me, Patel just proved how FN DUMB he knows his base is.

They will believe ANYTHING they are told!! The whole bunch are INSANE!!!

[Ritabert]

121. Wow they're desperate to drag a trans person into their narrative.

[Celerity]

123. The Hindustan Times is a terrible source

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/hindustan-times/

[LeftInTX]

131. Other sources are saying a note is involved, but it's as vague as Hindustan Times.

K$H said it on Fox News, not a press conference. Usually you provide that type of info via a press conference. You just don't put case sensitive info out there in this manner because it can become "unscripted". Often they put a boring FBI analyst on, not the head. Mainly because showmanship is not good when discussing evidence. You want curated facts.

Nevertheless, there is a text message, which likely says the same thing as the torn up note.

[RedArkGuy]

124. As for me . . .

. . . I will not be trusting a word of what Kash Patel's or Trump's FBI says about the motivations of the shooter. From the Utah police, I'd probably give it more credibility. But Patel, Trump and Bondi are all pathological liars and shouldn't be believed concerning much of anything, unless it is against their interest what they're saying.

[Iggo]

128. So he's funny-looking, AND he's stupid?

That’s no way to go through life, son.

[Ruby the Liberal]

130. Has anyone told the promoted podcaster

that this making up random shit stuff only works when the suspect is deceased?

[Crunchy Frog]

133. 20 years ago this could have made a really good near future, dystopic, comedy movie.

They're like a mashup of the Gestapo and the Keystone Cops.

[tavernier]

137. What the hell is in that drinking water?

They all act like they have ingested antifreeze.

[oasis]

138. Kash Patel had swallowed the note, but analysts

were able to decipher its message after sorting through his “droppings”.

[spanone]

139. How Convenient

[John1956PA]

141. I am guessing, but I think the roommate destroyed the note which TR instructed him to find under the keyboard.

I am guessing the FBI put the roommate under hypnosis in order to recall what the note stated.

I do not think that type of hypnosis-induced recollection would be admissible in court.

[DiverDave]

142. Shenanigans!!

I call shenanigans!
(South Park reference)