Joe Kent

I'm not saying foreign governments, but I'm saying foreign links.

That was NCTC's role.

And I think just even a casual observer of the Charlie Kirk case will say, hey, like there was – I know we got the guy that has his fingerprints on the gun, so it sounds like it's a slam dunk case.

But most people, they know that there was folks posting online ahead of time that like Charlie Kirk's going to die at UVU on this specific date.

And so it seems that the investigation is complete.

What I can tell you from our vantage point, from what NCTC's function was supposed to be, was investigating foreign links.

And without getting into too many details, I can just say we didn't get the opportunity to fully run down every lead with foreign links.

I'm not implicating any government.

I'm not implicating any people.

I'm just saying we were stopped from finishing our job.

Okay.

And then tying that in back to the Iran question, clearly, I mean, look, I do frankly think there's been a lot of conspiracy stuff out there.

However, as you testified to in your Tucker interview, Charlie was a very vocal voice behind the scenes against the war with Iran.

And what I'm trying to square is why why exactly that this assassination has this assassination has become almost like fan fiction, you know, in a really disgusting, grotesque way, in my opinion.

However, when somebody so credible like you who was in charge of potential exploring foreign or foreign links, I have to take that very, very seriously.

So do you remain like committed to this, I guess, committed to an anger or a frustration that you weren't allowed to do so?

And is do you think that that had a potential impact on the current situation that we're in?

Look, Charlie was one of the most vocal advocates that had access to the president from the outside against going to war with Iran.

And at some point, we have to look at the bigger picture.

So you've given me credit for being very gracious to President Trump, and I am.