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highplainsdem

(63,584 posts)
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 05:05 PM 10 hrs ago

Kash Patel 'jumped the gun' with announcement of UFC plot arrests, sources say

Source: MS Now

Secret Service officials are angered that FBI Director Kash Patel prematurely announced on Tuesday the details of a largely sealed and ongoing criminal investigation into an alleged plot to attack Sunday’s White House UFC event with drones, according to three people familiar with the incident.

Secret Service and FBI agents had been partnered on the investigation into a group of individuals discussing plans for a drone attack at the White House in the last week, and had discussed unsealing the case and making a joint announcement Tuesday afternoon, according to sources.

The problem with Patel’s social media announcement, the sources say, was that the case had been sealed in court and roughly 10 suspects had not yet been arrested and placed in custody at the time Patel shared his post. The people said Secret Service and FBI officials were surprised by Patel “jumping the gun.”

“We all woke up this morning to see this on Twitter,” said one administration official, who, like others, asked to speak confidentially to discuss sensitive matters.-snip-

Read more: https://www.ms.now/news/kash-patel-white-house-ufc-attack-secret-service

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Kash Patel 'jumped the gun' with announcement of UFC plot arrests, sources say (Original Post) highplainsdem 10 hrs ago OP
Yes, I get Richard Jewel vibes TexasBushwhacker 10 hrs ago #1
I'm thinking no arrests will be made pfitz59 10 hrs ago #2
"The investigation into a group of individuals discussing plans for a drone attack at the White House..." sop 10 hrs ago #3
FFS FalloutShelter 10 hrs ago #4
boy's about as sharp as a bowling ball Skittles 10 hrs ago #5
Just like when he announced the FBI arrested the Charlie Kirk shooter, we found out later that wasn't true ChicagoTeamster 10 hrs ago #6
Doesn't he always do that? Ocelot II 10 hrs ago #7
False flags are seen more often in D.C. these days than the red, white and blue. KY_EnviroGuy 10 hrs ago #8
Oh, good fucking grief! hamsterjill 10 hrs ago #9
It is so past time for Ka$h's resignation RockCreek 9 hrs ago #10
Big shock! Buddyzbuddy 9 hrs ago #11
Kashie's got to toot his own horn because nobody else will. tanyev 9 hrs ago #12
You don't say orangecrush 9 hrs ago #13
Nobody believes anything that comes out of government leftyladyfrommo 9 hrs ago #14
He's such an idiot... Fil1957 8 hrs ago #15
Probably 10 junior high kids fantasizing epic KPN 8 hrs ago #16
Another fake assassination attempt? Dr. T 8 hrs ago #17
It's not "Jumping the gun," it's "Couldn't wait to Jump out and wag his weenie!" (what little there is of it) NBachers 6 hrs ago #18
Patel is an inept showboater prematurely taking credit for an operation he knew very little about. Martin68 6 hrs ago #19
The incompetence is what he was hired for Renew Deal 5 hrs ago #21
How does he still have a job? Renew Deal 5 hrs ago #20
The FBI leaked the plot, the SS leaked the details and how surprised they were.. JohnnyRingo 4 hrs ago #22
Charlie Kirk and now this. sheshe2 4 hrs ago #23
"10 suspects had not yet been arrested" LudwigPastorius 3 hrs ago #24
Considering how right coded the suspects were SouthBayDem 2 hrs ago #25
Kashyap can't control his fat yap Blue Owl 1 hr ago #26

sop

(19,724 posts)
3. "The investigation into a group of individuals discussing plans for a drone attack at the White House..."
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 05:12 PM
10 hrs ago

These "discussions" were probably started on some online chat group by FBI agents pretending to be Antifa radicals.

FalloutShelter

(14,712 posts)
4. FFS
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 05:12 PM
10 hrs ago

Suspects had not yet been arrested.

Well… if this were a thing… 🙄They’re for sure in the wind now.


Did I 🙄🙄🙄 ?

ChicagoTeamster

(1,418 posts)
6. Just like when he announced the FBI arrested the Charlie Kirk shooter, we found out later that wasn't true
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 05:22 PM
10 hrs ago

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,808 posts)
8. False flags are seen more often in D.C. these days than the red, white and blue.
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 05:46 PM
10 hrs ago
................

hamsterjill

(17,917 posts)
9. Oh, good fucking grief!
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 05:56 PM
10 hrs ago

They had to have something happen so that they can now justify the ballroom, their own drones on the roof of the White House, etc.

All a stupid set up obviously, and Patel just didn't wait for his proper cue on the script. They think running this country is a reality television show and they are just playing around.

Assholes, every last one of them.

leftyladyfrommo

(20,044 posts)
14. Nobody believes anything that comes out of government
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 06:53 PM
9 hrs ago

or the White House anymore. You can't depend on a word they say.

KPN

(17,574 posts)
16. Probably 10 junior high kids fantasizing epic
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 07:36 PM
8 hrs ago

heroism on behalf mankind. Kash Patelian in a way. …. Man is that guy s nitwit.

NBachers

(19,649 posts)
18. It's not "Jumping the gun," it's "Couldn't wait to Jump out and wag his weenie!" (what little there is of it)
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 09:22 PM
6 hrs ago

I'm sitting here and laughing my ass off. I hope that doesn't instigate some great big Agency Task Force!

Martin68

(28,215 posts)
19. Patel is an inept showboater prematurely taking credit for an operation he knew very little about.
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 09:39 PM
6 hrs ago

Not going to win many fans in the Secret Service or even the FBI.

JohnnyRingo

(21,074 posts)
22. The FBI leaked the plot, the SS leaked the details and how surprised they were..
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 11:09 PM
4 hrs ago

I'll bet it wasn't a credible threat anyway. Probably just some burn outs on FaceBook talking about their fantasy..

LudwigPastorius

(15,202 posts)
24. "10 suspects had not yet been arrested"
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 12:04 AM
3 hrs ago

If this is not some kind of Trumped-up action against people who may have said something on social media that The Administration doesn't like, and they are really potential assassins, then they are "in the wind" now.

Nice going, Kashyap.

SouthBayDem

(33,429 posts)
25. Considering how right coded the suspects were
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 01:10 AM
2 hrs ago

with the usual talking points such as Epstein, disliking government, everything is broken...

I wonder if this investigation tainting move was on purpose.

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