"But when they create a lot of undue noise, and undue conspiracies, what that does is causes us to come off mission and respond to those conspiracy theories, 'cause they get so loud. And what happens is, we only have so many people and so many hours of the day. And I'd rather put them all on Charlie Kirk's case and all on these cases that we're taking about rather than diffusing some of these conspiracies."
"Trump Jr. then addressed the elephant in the room over conspiracy theories. I'm sort of a free speech absolutist on that and, frankly, I've been, you know, pretty conspiratorial over the last, lets call it decade, and rightfully so. During his father's first term in office, Trump Jr. spread falsehoods about COVID-19 cures hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin. He also claimed in 2020 that the number of deaths from COVID was almost nothing."
"Before he became FBI Director during Trump's second Term, Patel also perpetuated his share of conspiracy theories about the deep state. He wrote a series of children's books called The Plot Against The King about the stolen election, and sought to reframe the January 6, 2021, Capitol riots. In addition, a review by NBC News found Patel shared unfounded claims on his and other podcasts about supposed conspiracies aimed at undermining Trump perpetrated b"
Kash Patel said the FBI aims to respect free speech while responding to conspiracies that create undue noise and divert limited investigative resources. Patel described prioritizing cases over diffusing loud conspiracies that consume personnel time. Donald Trump Jr. called himself a free speech absolutist and admitted to being conspiratorial over the past decade. Trump Jr. previously promoted false COVID-19 cures and minimized pandemic deaths, and continues to claim the Russia probe was a hoax and the 2020 election was stolen. Patel also promoted deep-state conspiracies, authored books about a stolen election, and shared unfounded podcast claims.
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