FBI Director Kash Patel on Wednesday provided more details on how the suspect accused of Charlie Kirk’s assassination was turned in by his parents.
On Tuesday, the Utah County Attorney’s Office announced charges against suspect Tyler Robinson, including counts for capital aggravated murder, obstruction of justice, witness tampering, and others. The attorney included details about how Robinson was captured last week, saying his parents intervened.
During a Wednesday congressional hearing, Patel provided a statement about Robinson’s parents in the lead-up to the 22-year-old’s arrest.
Robinson’s family, Patel said, “has since been interrogated” and told federal investigators that “because of the video that the FBI released at my direction, and because of the photographs that they released, they identified their son.” Patel was referring to photos and video footage that were released online after Kirk’s assassination and before Robinson’s arrest….