FBI Director Kash Patel said Tyler Robinson, the suspected killer of Charlie Kirk, wrote a note stating his intention to "take out" the influential conservative activist.

Patel, speaking to Fox & Friends on Monday, said the FBI had "forensic evidence" of the note, but that it had "since been destroyed."

They have a note but it's been destroyed. Yeah, nothing fishy about this BS at all and it goes without saying completely incompetent that they continue to leak half baked, incomplete investigative information.

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[–] 112 points 1 year ago (1 child)

"It was kept in the home of the suspect and his alleged transgender partner,"

Why keep mentioning the transgender thing from just an allegation about someone who had nothing to do with this? These fuckers know exactly what the fuck they're doing.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago

    The governor finds a way to put "transgender" in every sentence, and at the same time he deliberately uses the wrong pronouns for this person.

    They're doing it on purpose, and it is disgusting.

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  • [–] 181 points 1 year ago (11 children)
  • [–] 152 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    No, but he LEFT it. It was a note that was LEFT.

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  • [–] 89 points 1 year ago

    Patel, speaking to Fox & Friends on Monday, said the FBI had "forensic evidence" of the note, but that it had "since been destroyed."

    So there was no note

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  • [–] 80 points 1 year ago

    concepts of evidence

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  • [–] 74 points 1 year ago

    They read the note from golden plates inside a hat and then an angel took them to heaven.

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  • [–] 64 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The note says that Biden personally asked him to do it. But it’s magically disappeared. There is not note. Stop asking about the note.

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  • [–] 129 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (19 children)

    I read a great thread on Bluesky earlier detailing how many times Kash Patel may have completely botched this case by all the stupid things he's said on FOX today. Definitely worth a read!

    *Edit to add Skyview thread unroll link

    *Edit #2: it was pointed out in the comment below that many folks in the thread I linked are calling into question the OOP's claims and professional background. After a brief view myself, there is at least one person within those comments whom I do believe when they say its "full of errors"
    I'm leaving my original comment up for now for posterity sake, but I am more than willing to remove it if that would be more appropriate.

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  • [–] 41 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    It appears there are replies to this thread that call into question many of the things stated

    it reeks of punditry - surface level knowledge and worst case scenarios presented with lots of confidence. fwiw the persons quoted qualifications have absolutely nothing to do with law. They are a “blockchain” and data science person who also does venture capital and angel investing, aka a classic “I don’t know when to stay in my fucking lane and think that because I made a shitload of money I must be a genius at everything ever” type

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Care to analyze any of the statements that have been called out? Or maybe copy/screenshot any of the comments discrediting them if you have the time?

    I'm not trying to be an asshole, here, but everything beyond the first sentence or two in your comment is just character assassination (ad hominem). Obviously the guy's credentials are not in law, but that doesn't automatically invalidate his analysis since we've got no concept of who he's able to consult with behind the scenes.

    I don't have a BlueSky account, so I can't check the comments for myself, only see the root posts.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I hate all pundits. They all have stupid dumb takes the public takes as gospel and ends up making this world a worse place. It is the one “profession” I absolutely hate and despise.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Pundits made an entire career out of pure speculation. I hate watching, listening to, even reading that kind of shit - topic be damned. But especially with topics that genuinely interest me. It's just pointless fluff.

    They're no better than youtube channels that post videos about cars....that are completely AI generated. One dude in an automotive discord that I'm in almost fell for one.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Pundits literally make you less aware of what is happening in the world. Their whole job is to fill the space between an event, and actual, verified information about that event, with wild guesses. Any truthful journalist will admit the limitations of what is known during that time.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Is there any way I can extract all this out into text? I’m having a hard time following each of the posts. They keep hiding behind replies.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago

    Can't remember if it was part of that thread, or a comment on it... but there was a suggestion that they likely don't care about the case itself, rather they're more concerned about crafting and maintaining the narrative. Based on how this week has played out, I can't say that I'd disagree

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  • [–] 88 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    We found a note where he said he did this in honor of his black transgender immigrant girlfriend named Marxina McWoke. But the dog ate it.

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  • [–] 43 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    This is literal toddler-level finger pointing.

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  • [–] 40 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It it just me or is there a rather important "Kash Patel says" missing from the headline?

    And this right-wing policy of finding someone trans to mention in every report of a shooting, no matter how tangential or irrelevant their transness may be, just so the public can make a good solid mental association between trans people and dangerous violence, is absolutely disgusting.

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  • [–] 32 points 1 year ago

    Source: trust me bro

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  • [–] 32 points 1 year ago

    So I'm supposed to scream for this guy's head based on a note the FBI found, but destroyed?

    That's not how evidence works. Who is in charge over there? Oh yeah...

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  • [–] 31 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    was it destroyed along with Kash's Meth Stash at that vet clinic?

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  • [–] 62 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    It’s been less than a WEEK, and they DESTROYED the NOTE??

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    When I first read about this, I understood that the assassin had destroyed the note, perhaps burned it or ripped it up, and that the FBI somehow put it back together or found the traces of ink on a burned note. Am I wrong?

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Patel, speaking to Fox & Friends on Monday, said the FBI had "forensic evidence" of the note, but that it had "since been destroyed."

    I mean, what the hell is this even supposed to mean? The rest of the article is just heresy about “leftist ideology”. They quote the family as stating that he was leftist, but theres zero detail as to how. You’d think if the kid was truly leftist and we had “forensic evidence” of a note, we’d at least have a direct quote?

    What evidence? How was the note destroyed? In what manner? Was any of it recoverable at all? What specific leftist ideologies did he subscribe to? What specifically did he not like about Kirk’s politics?

    Given the progress of the investigation, and the current “evidence” presented, I am just not confident we will get answers to these questions.

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  • [–] 56 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Judge: “Mr. Patel, what is your evidence that the accused committed this crime?”

    Kash Patel: “Your Honor, it came to me in a dream.”

    Judge: “Good enough for me. Guilty!”

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago

    This is pathetic even by tinpot dictatorship standards.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Isn't this just poisoning the well so he cant get a fair trial? If I were this dude's lawyer, I'd be jumping up and down in court (with glee) to get a gag order in this asshat.

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  • [–] 35 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    It was destroyed when his Canadian girfriend and his dad who works for Nintendo were fighting over it.

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  • [–] 35 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    he "left" a note?

    large scale left wing conspiracy confirmed

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I'm just kinda impressed that a political assassin has managed to follow the golden rule of having been arrested: shut the fuck up, repeat ad nauseum

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Do you really think he hasn't been talking this whole time? If he said anything supporting the Left, they'd have blabbed it all over the world. They're just saying he's not saying anything because what he's really saying is far-far right stuff.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    For whatever it's worth the governor said the shooter was being uncooperative. But they are working on and intimidating his roommate that might be a transsexual to agree with whatever bullshit their political leadership demands. I would be skeptical that anything that came out of this transsexual person being worked over by the police in such a hot case.

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    [–] 17 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Is it possible that Kash Patel fucks up this case so hard that the guy walks free?

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    "The roommate was a romantic partner, a male transitioning to female," Cox said. "I can say that he has been incredibly cooperative, this partner has been very cooperative, had no idea that this was happening."

    I think that would he she, you misgendering motherfucker.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    I hear you, and I hate to defend Spencer Cox, but he's been pretty good about gendering appropriately in the statements I've seen. It's by avoiding pronouns altogether, but he does appear to be trying.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I guess I'm just touchy given that the whole tenor of their media communications these days seems designed to forge an association in the public's mind between violent crime and trans people.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    You're not wrong. Everyone reading this, please take note that every piece of information being reported is coming from Utah law enforcement, then secondhand from Cox, and the FBI, much of it now via Kash Patel. Some of that information has already been demonstrated to be plainly false ("trans messages" on the rounds), while other things can be accepted as true (video and stills, actual messages on the rounds, chat content), and some is just "whaaa ... ?" ("There was a handwritten note, we know it, and we know exactly what was in it, but it doesn't exist anymore.")

    Then layer on top of that that the administration is leadning real hard into the "left-wing radicals" thing, and their leaning is being heavily reported by a media landscape that is incapable of comprehending the "joking not joking meme culture" of places like 4chan, 7chan, corners of SomethingAwful, old IRC, Usenet, StileProject. Someone I know tells me: "I lived there. Still visit there. It's always, and I do mean always, right wing shit." I was there, too, and it is always right wing shit.

    Cox says Robinson was "radicalized by Reddit, by dark places on the internet" and then concludes that Robinson is a "leftist." Lol no, that's not what happens on "dark places on the internet" (I mean, unless you include tankies? Maybe?)

    Again, to everyone, be very critical of the messaging you're seeing come out of the investigation, the administration, and the media reporting on it. This is shaping up to be not "wag the dog" but just a disembodied tail wagging itself.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Is this the thing where they dust for the imprint left behind through the previous page on a notebook.

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  • [–] [S] 25 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    We don't know because they haven't done the proper investigation and they're just leaking crap left and right just fueling speculation and conspiracy theories that leads the right to continue to call for violence.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago

    He wasn't an activist; he was a propagandist.

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  • [–] 29 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    “Forensic evidence.” So, like, bro said “he totes wrote a note” and then someone uses science to say “there was paper over here; must be where the note went!” Is this the kind of Keystone cops bullshit we’re being asked to believe?

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    If there's evidence, then it should be producible. A notepad with the imprint of the removed page. A hard drive with the deleted and recovered data. You don't get to hide behind the term 'forensic', saying 'trust us bro'.

    So what kind of forensic evidence? Show it.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    and then someone uses science to say “there was paper over here; must be where the note went!”

    Ah yes, Bones science

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  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago

    The note probably also said that he was the one who messed with the 2020 elections so that Trump didn't win. And also the note said that he had planned all the wildfires that have hit USA recently.

    In a few months he will probably also confess to spreading the Covid Virus in the US

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  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago*

    Either he's lying or someone is committing the crime destruction of evidence.

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  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago

    I'd be more inclined to believe the FBI if it wasn't gutted and ransacked only to be run by the stupidest doofuses to ever have existed.

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