FBI Launches Probe Into Possible Co-Conspirators From Kirk Assassin’s Group Chat– trendingpoliticsnews.com
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Other individuals may be linked to Tyler Robinson and his assassination of Charlie Kirk last week, FBI Director Kash Patel announced on Monday.
The scope of the federal government’s investigation into the 22-year-old college student has expanded beyond his roommate, a transgender video gamer who relatives say developed a hatred of conservatives and Christians in recent years. Those sentiments were shared by Robinson on online message boards, such as those popular among gamers who use the app Discord.
Patel told “Fox & Friends” that he believes others who listened to Robinson’s nefarious planning and did nothing may also be charged.
“There’s more than 20 individuals,” Patel revealed about the Discord chat where Robinson made ominous references to his discarded murder weapon and bullets engraved with chilling anti-Trump messages.
“People think we can just get into these group chats and immediately find out who was in them. We, the FBI, are the investigatory body supporting multiple prosecutions and ongoing investigations,” Patel explained.
“Our investigation at the FBI is ongoing, and there are scores of people in this Discord chatroom. But we have to effectuate the legal process. We have to go out there with search warrants,” he continued, “so that if prosecutors later want to use this evidence, it’s not tainted by being illegally obtained.
Patel promised that, in the coming days, “scores of individuals” and their family members will be interviewed as part of the FBI’s investigation.
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