FBI Director Kash Patel told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday that investigators are pursuing more than 20 individuals connected to an online chat room with the suspected shooter of conservative leader Charlie Kirk.
Patel confirmed reports during the hearing that Tyler Robinson, 22, who allegedly gunned down the Turning Point USA co-founder and CEO at an event in Utah last week, had participated in a group thread on the messaging platform Discord. FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino told Newsmax on Monday that new evidence suggested the killing might not have been an isolated act but part of a broader network.
“What we’ve already done is start a legal process not just on Discord, so that the information we gathered is sustained and held in an evidentiary posture that we can use in prosecutions should we decide to do so,” Patel said. “And we’re also going to be investigating anyone and everyone involved in that Discord chat.”
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