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Right-wing podcaster and former Fox News host tucker carlson He said he didn’t have “the slightest confidence” FBI director Kash Patel And the agency he runs.
Patel’s tenure as head of the FBI has been plagued by controversyA group of fired FBI agents is suing Patel and the Justice Department, alleging they were fired as part of unlawful retaliation after they took a knee in the George Floyd protests in 2020,
a fresh Report from FBI source It has also been claimed that Patel refused to leave his jet after the murder of Charlie Kirk because he did not have an FBI jacket to wear.
One internal report The report, released in December by a coalition of retired and active-duty FBI agents, found that under Patel’s leadership, the FBI had been “paralyzed internally by fear” and morale was low, hindering the agency’s ability to conduct its law enforcement mission in the US.
It is against this backdrop that Carlson made his comments casting doubt on Patel’s abilities during a recent appearance on conservative-leaning Theo Vaughn’s podcast.
“I don’t have any confidence in the FBI or the people who run it,” Carlson said Tuesday. “And I don’t say that out of ignorance at all.”
He noted Patel’s ex-comments shortly after Kirk was shot, in which he falsely claimed that a shooter had been captured. Patel was forced to walk back his comments less than two hours later after local authorities denied the shooter had been caught.
“This dumb twitter [X] Bullshit,” Carlson said. “Leader of the FBI on Twitter, like what?”
Patel This has also doubled down on claims that they used government jets “Personal pleasure trip” with his girlfriend.Arguing that his travel had actually saved taxpayers money, while also stating that he was “entitled to a private life.”
“I have used airplanes less than my last two predecessors,” he said last week“And, yes, I am entitled to a private life with my colleagues, just like my other agency counterparts, Do I support my girlfriend? Absolutely, And do I take trips with her? Absolutely,”
White House sources reportedly told Reuters that Patel’s online presence is “unprofessional” and added that her “performance is really not acceptable to the White House or the American public.”
Both Vaughn and Carlson agreed that it was Patel’s handling of the investigation and the messaging surrounding it that allowed conspiracy theories surrounding Kirk’s death to flourish online, and said that the FBI director was to blame.
“Those with authority are the ones responsible and should be held accountable when failures occur,” Carlson said. “Not any podcaster, not me, not you, not Candace [Owens],
Owens is trading a lot of things Conspiracy theories about Kirk’s deathIncluding suggestions that he was assassinated by Israeli agents and that US forces were involved in his death. None of these rumors have been confirmed by evidence.
There are rumors that President Donald Trump is considering replacing Patel as head of the FBI, but the White House has denied the claims.
White House Press Secretary Carolyn Levitt Rumors are called “Fake news” and “complete fabrication” in November.