Kash Patel to Megyn Kelly on Biden’s FBI not catching J6 pipe bomb suspect: “I think it was intentional”
Patel: “It was a further weaponization of law enforcement”
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Kash Patel on The Megyn Kelly Show
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From the December 5, 2025, edition of SiriusXM's The Megyn Kelly Show
MEGYN KELLY (HOST): It's crazy. It's incredible to think about it. And then on top of it, according to the affidavit, you line all that up with the scanners that have his license plate getting him to the location. I mean, that's the cherry on top of the sundae, which you have the cell phone data showing his cell phone at the RNC, at the DNC, at the necessary times. He purchased the pipes, he purchased the end caps, he purchased the timers, he purchased the batteries, the wires and all that, and then whatever else you found on email, and then boom, his car was actually — it delivered him right to the place.
And it looks like according to the affidavit, you had seen him — you were able to place him at the same location earlier, like scouting or buying a meal. The last part of the affidavit suggests he was in that location prior to the date the bombs were planted, possibly scouting, possibly, you know, just checking out the area.
KASH PATEL (DIRECTOR, FBI): Right. Obviously, we need to match the description of the suspect on video. The video has been publicized for years. But what this FBI did was came in and enhanced the video. I don't know why the prior FBI didn't do that.
I don't know why the prior FBI didn't look at the 3 million lines of evidence. I don't know why they didn't use our cell phone capabilities and our technological capabilities at the FBI. The only thing I can come up with is either they were too incompetent in terms of leadership or intentional. And I think it was intentional because it was a further weaponization of law enforcement.
So when you match up the suspect's height and physical appearance with things like a license plate reader that attributes to him and further information such as cell phone pings, you're getting into a very small circle of people that it could be. And once we're able to execute law enforcement processes, search warrants over these last few months, we were able to produce what he bought, where he bought it, when he bought it, and the history of buying it and how often he bought it.