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submitted 7 months ago by Stamau123@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hours after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, FBI Director Kash Patel declared online that “the subject” in the killing was in custody. The shooter was not. The two men who had been detained were quickly released, and Utah officials acknowledged that the gunman remained at large.

The false assurance was more than a slip. It spotlighted the high-stakes uncertainty surrounding Patel’s leadership of the bureau when its credibility — and his own — are under extraordinary pressure.

Patel now approaches congressional oversight hearings this coming week facing not just questions about that investigation but broader doubts about whether he can stabilize a federal law enforcement agency fragmented by political fights and internal upheaval.

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[-] wuffah@lemmy.world 70 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

As it turns out, replacing all the experienced and dedicated people in the federal government with sycophantic wackos and then dismantling it by yanking funding and closing departments doesn’t really allow it to operate all that well.

This is one of the many reasons that fascism doesn’t really work well as a long term type of government.

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 67 points 7 months ago

Obviously this perpetually startled buffoon is not remotely qualified for this job. But can congress actually fire him?

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 48 points 7 months ago

Congressional Democrats can’t do shit.

Congressional republiQans won’t do shit.

Release the files.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 18 points 7 months ago

Good job confirmationist fuckwits. Pretend to care now. You’re SO fooling us.

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 16 points 7 months ago

When it actually mattered they voted to confirm him. Everything else is just performative drivel. Two faced spineless pricks.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 15 points 7 months ago

This guy looks like even more of a buffoon than ever.

What were his credentials again, exactly?

[-] mister_flibble@sh.itjust.works 21 points 7 months ago

The enthusiasm with which he chortled Donnie's sagging octogenarian ballsack.

[-] NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

He was a was a Youtuber that streamed his videos game session online IIRC.

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 12 points 7 months ago

But he did the dogwhistle and everything.

[-] Paddzr@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

I like how quickly it was "trans shooter" then after someone living with trans and now back to nothing.

The amount of damage done here is not accidental.

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