President Donald Trump’s top law enforcement and intelligence officials were at odds over the handling of the investigation into the assassination of conservative leader Charlie Kirk, according to The New York Times.
FBI Director Kash Patel and other senior FBI officials expressed concern that Joe Kent, head of the National Counterterrorism Center, had overstepped his authority by accessing FBI files related to the case.
Patel reportedly told the White House that Kent’s review risked interfering with the ongoing criminal investigation and the upcoming prosecution of the accused shooter, Tyler Robinson, 22.
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