“Can you give me a reminder? I’ve got a lot in front of me,” the FBI director said of the widely-publicized massacre.
In a hearing on Wednesday, FBI Director Kash Patel appeared to not know of infamous mass shooter Dylann Roof, who murdered nine people at a historic Black church in 2015 in one of the deadliest white supremacist massacres in modern U.S. history.
During a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Illinois) questioned Patel on several mass murders committed by people with extremist right-wing beliefs. She said her questions aren’t meant as a “gotcha,” just as simple statements.
“Dylann Roof, who followed white supremacist propaganda, murdered nine Black parishioners in Charleston in 2015. Do you deny this?” Kamlager-Dove asked.
“I’m sorry, Dylann Roof?” Patel said. “Can you give me some more information?”
“You’re the head of the FBI, you probably know this,” Kamlager-Dove said.
