"Over the last eight days, the FBI and Pima County Sheriff's Department have been working closely with our private sector partners to continue to recover any images or video footage from Nancy Guthrie's home that may have been lost, corrupted, or inaccessible due to a variety of factors - including the removal of recording devices," Patel tweeted, along with four images of an armed and ski-masked individual appearing to be at Guthrie's front door."
"And Patel loves to tweet, especially about incorrect or premature findings. In September, he falsely claimed his agency had custody of Charlie Kirk's suspected killer; around Halloween, he bragged about capturing the suspects of a planned terrorist attack (and alerted the suspects' friends, who fled the country); and in December, he posted prematurely about the details of a tragedy unfolding at Brown University."
"Speaking to the New York Times in January, one unnamed FBI official described Patel's handling of the Kirk investigation as "literally scripting out [everyone's] social media." "I'm gonna tweet this," Patel apparently said in a conference call shortly after landing in Salt Lake City in September. "Salt Lake, you tweet this. Dan [Bongino], you come in with this. Then I'll come out with"
Nancy Guthrie vanished from her Arizona home ten days ago. FBI Director Kash Patel posted images and videos purportedly from Guthrie's property, including photos of an armed, ski-masked person at her front door and footage of someone wearing a jacket, backpack, and gloves. It is unclear whether Patel had authorization to release the material; FBI guidelines discourage revealing evidence during active probes. Patel previously publicized premature or incorrect investigative claims, including a false custody claim and a misreported alleged terrorism arrest. An unnamed FBI official described Patel's approach as "literally scripting out [everyone's] social media."
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