“Special Report” host Bret Baier questions FBI Director Kash Patel about the progress of the investigation into the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump in Butler, Penn.

FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL: And we’re digging through the files and we’re getting them a more robust picture of what happened. BRET BAIER, FOX NEWS HOST: So that was May 2025. I mean, I don’t think we, the public, have a more robust picture of that shooter. PATEL: Well, I think that’s an unfair supposition. We, the FBI, have put out all the information that we possibly and legally can while protecting any ongoing matters that are unrelated. But he’s dead. Well, yes, he’s very much dead. But at the same time, Brett, we at the FBI have to follow the parameters of our investigation and what the law allows us to release. BAIER: I get it. But what were the cell phones? Why don’t we know who he was talking to? What exactly happened? I feel like we haven’t gotten the whole picture about Butler even now. PATEL: But here’s the thing, Bret. We can provide, and just an example here, we’ve provided 40,000 pages of documents to Congress. That’s a 400% increase from the prior two directors. We will continue to provide this information with our partners on Capitol Hill when we are legally able. It’s never going to be enough for everyone. It’s never going to be enough. But what we are saying is we’re not saying trust us. We’re saying we did an exhaustive search of that. We presented that information to the Department of Justice, and a decision was made on what to release. BAIER: Yeah. Okay. You said we put out everything we could. Do you think that everything’s been put out about [Thomas Crooks], the shooter, alleged shooter? PATEL: Whether it’s Epstein or Charlie Kirk, or whether it’s this shooter in Butler, we always put out what the law permits us to put out.

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