Kash Patel Testifies on Charlie Kirk Assassination Investigation and FBI's Domestic Terrorism Surge

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[00:11] On the day of the horrific shooting of

[00:13] Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University,

[00:16] Director Patel again sparked mass

[00:18] confusion by incorrectly claiming on

[00:20] social media that the shooter was in

[00:22] custody, which he then had to walk back

[00:25] with another social media post. Mr.

[00:28] Patel was so anxious to take credit for

[00:31] finding Mr. Kirk's assassin that he

[00:33] violated one of the basics of effective

[00:35] law enforcement. At critical stages of

[00:37] an investigation, shut up and let the

[00:40] professionals do their job.

[00:42] >> Stand so I can swear.

[00:45] Uh do you do you affirm that the

[00:48] testimony you're about to give before

[00:50] this committee will be the truth, the

[00:52] whole truth, and nothing but the truth?

[00:54] So help you guide.

[00:56] Uh, please be seated and you can give

[00:58] your statement. Now,

[01:01] >> a few hours later, that suspect was in

[01:04] custody pursuant to the interrogation of

[01:06] the suspect's own father who stated,

[01:08] "When I saw that video that you

[01:10] released, I recognized it was my son and

[01:14] I confronted him and he was handed over

[01:16] to lawful law enforcement authorities."

[01:18] That is the FBI working with the public

[01:20] as I promised, being transparent and

[01:22] provided critical information along the

[01:24] way in the manhunt for the suspect and

[01:26] suspects involved in Charlie's

[01:28] misassination.

[01:30] Currently, we have 3,500 international

[01:31] terrorism investigations.

[01:33] Specifically, we have in this country

[01:36] 1,700 domestic terrorism investigations,

[01:39] a large chunk of which are neistic

[01:40] violent extremism, NVE, those who engage

[01:43] in violent acts motivated by a deep

[01:45] hatred of society. Whatever that

[01:47] justification they seem is, the FBI has

[01:50] seen a 300% increase in cases opened

[01:53] this year alone versus the same time

[01:55] last year.

[01:58] >> Boy, is my timing good.

[02:01] >> It is very good.

[02:04] >> So, my first question is on the assault

[02:07] weapon ban. Do you think that would be

[02:08] helpful in reducing gun deaths? Director

[02:12] >> U. Senator, if I may, I want to answer

[02:13] the question, but thank you for your

[02:16] remarks.

[02:17] >> Um, especially it relates to my friend

[02:19] Charlie, and I share and relay my

[02:22] remarks, my sentiments to you. Minnesota

[02:25] has suffered untold tragedy in these

[02:28] last um few months. And whatever

[02:31] creativity we can use to eliminate even

[02:34] just one shooting, uh, one horrific

[02:37] death, I am in favor of engaging with

[02:39] Congress fully to do. I don't have the

[02:41] answers. I don't know what will

[02:43] eliminate it in its entirety, but I'm

[02:44] willing to engage and explore new ways

[02:46] with you, Senator.

[02:47] >> Okay. Thank you. And so, assault weapon

[02:50] ban,

[02:51] >> what do you think,

[02:53] >> Senator? I think there are

[02:57] instances on this legislation that um

[03:01] um could prevent future attacks, but um

[03:04] I'm not going to weigh into the creation

[03:06] of legislation.

[03:08] You're leading the FBI at a very

[03:11] critical time for that agency and also a

[03:13] the FBI investigating the Kirk

[03:15] assassination as part of this broader

[03:17] pattern of anti-religious,

[03:19] anti-Christian violence.

[03:21] >> We are investigating Charlie's um

[03:24] assassination um fully and completely

[03:27] and running out every lead related to

[03:29] any allegation of broader violence and

[03:31] we're producing uh results on that that

[03:34] we'll disclose when appropriate.

[03:36] >> Good. Good. I see the public reports

[03:38] that the Discord thread had as many as

[03:40] 20 additional users. It sounds like

[03:41] you're you're trying to run down all of

[03:43] that to see if that's accurate. Who else

[03:45] may have been on that thread? What they

[03:47] may have known? Is that fair to say?

[03:49] >> It's a lot more than that. And we're

[03:50] running them all down.

[03:51] >> It's a lot more than 20.

[03:52] >> Yes, sir.

[03:53] >> And you're running all of that too.

[03:54] >> Every single one.

[03:55] >> Yeah.

[03:56] >> So, you have Jeffrey Epstein's black

[03:58] book.

[03:58] >> What is known as Jeffrey Epstein's black

[04:00] book has been released by us.

[04:03] >> And you released it. And let me follow

[04:04] up on

[04:05] >> right after she gives this testimony

[04:08] front of an FBI agent among others,

[04:11] she's transferred to a minimum security

[04:14] prison not suitable for a sex offender

[04:17] like herself.

[04:19] Who made that decision and why?

[04:22] >> The Bureau of Prisons.

[04:23] >> The Bureau of Decisions made it

[04:25] >> prisons. The Bureau of Prisons decided

[04:27] on their own without any consultation

[04:30] with Blanch or anyone else that they

[04:33] were going to suddenly after this

[04:35] interview, completely unrelated to this

[04:37] interview, completely unrelated to

[04:39] anything she said, move her to a prison

[04:43] not suitable for a sex offender. You

[04:45] want the American people to believe

[04:47] that? Do you think they're stupid?

[04:50] >> No. I think the American people believe

[04:52] the truth that I'm not in the weeds on

[04:54] the everyday movements of inmates. What

[04:56] I am doing is protecting this country,

[04:59] providing historic reform, and combating

[05:02] the weaponization of intelligence by the

[05:04] likes of you. And we have countlessly

[05:07] proven you to be a lawyer in Russia in

[05:10] January 6th. You are the biggest fraud

[05:13] to ever sit in the United States Senate.

[05:15] You are a disgrace to this institution

[05:17] and an utter coward. I both of you be

[05:20] quiet

[05:22] before I go to Senator Tillis.

[05:25] Uh, without objection.