FBI Director Kash Patel had posted in the hours after the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk that “the subject” was in custody even though the actual suspect was still at large.

Watch the full line of questioning between Sen. Peter Welch and FBI Director Kash Patel.

“I don’t see it as a mistake. I see it as something — working with the public to identify that there was a subject in custody,” Patel told senators Tuesday.

He said he wanted to inform the public that a subject had been taken into custody, even though that person did not end up being the suspect in the shooting.

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