President Donald Trump announced a suspect in Charlie Kirk’s assassination has been apprehended on Friday’s broadcast of “FOX & Friends.” Trump said someone “very close” to the person turned him in, adding he will hold a public announcement later today. “I think with a high degree of certainty, we have him,” Trump said. “We worked with the local police, the governor. Everybody did a great job. You know, getting somebody that you start off with, absolutely nothing. And we started off with a clip that made him look like an ant that was almost useless.” “I’d like to tell you some stories about how it happened, but essentially somebody that was very close to him turned him in,” Trump said. “And that happens when you have some of those good shots. Somebody is going to say, whether it’s a parent or whatever, I’d rather not say right now, they’re going to announce it today, sometime later, probably talk about that.”

HOST: Yesterday, you were at the 9-11 Memorial. We were all watching that. J.D. Vance was supposed to be with you. He went out to be with Charlie Kirk’s family and to get the body back to his hometown in Arizona. And you said you were going to award him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which was very nice of you. Any updates on the suspect? PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Yeah. Can I always say, I think, just to protect us all, and so FOX doesn’t get sued and we all don’t get sued and everything else. But I think with a high degree of certainty, we have him. BRIAN KILMEADE, CO-HOST: Right now? PRESIDENT TRUMP: In custody. Everyone did a great job. We worked with the local police, the governor. Everybody did a great job. You know, getting somebody that you start off with, absolutely nothing. And we started off with a clip that made him look like an ant that was almost useless. We just saw there was somebody up there. And so much work has been done over the last two and a half days. You know, it’s amazing, actually, when you start off with that, and then all of a sudden you get lucky or talent or whatever it is. But, yeah, I think we’re in great shape. He’s in custody. LAWRENCE JONES: Your suspicion was that he was radical left, and now you have more information. What can you share with us about his ideology? PRESIDENT TRUMP: Yeah, Lawrence, let me just – and by the way, Lawrence is doing a good job. I’ll tell you what, I’m very proud of you. I said you were going to do well. But, yeah, I think that – I don’t want to go too far. I’d like to tell you some stories about how it happened, but essentially somebody that was very close to him turned him in. And that happens when you have some of those good shots. Somebody is going to say, whether it’s a parent or whatever, I’d rather not say right now, they’re going to announce it today, sometime later, probably talk about that. But somebody close to him turned him in. You know, they said, whoa, it’s interesting. We had very good pictures, but not great, not perfect. And when you look at it, what happened is somebody – and this happens a lot. It happened with the crazy Boston bomber. It happened with others. Somebody that’s close recognizes even a little tilt of the head, which nobody else would do. And somebody that was very close to him said, hmm, that’s him. And essentially went to the father, went to a U.S. marshal, who was fantastic, by the way, and the person was involved with law enforcement but was a person of faith, a minister, and brought him to a U.S. marshal who was fantastic. And the father convinced the son, this is it. And, again, I’m always subject to be corrected, but I’m just giving you based on what I’m hearing. They’ll give you a much more active. I just heard about it five minutes before I walked in. As I’m walking in, they said, looking real good. They have the person that they wanted. So you have breaking news, don’t you? You always have breaking news, Ainsley. Sean is going to be very disappointed that we’re not doing it in his show.

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