Kash Patel commits GRAVE MISTAKE after latest tragedy

You're watching the legal breakdown, Glenn. It looks like Cash Mattel did it. yet again. We just watched him post. before he had all the information about. the Brown University shooting, about the. suspect who was apprehended. It. ultimately turned out not to be the. suspect in this shooting. Uh he did it. in during the Charlie Kirk shooting. where he wanted to go on Twitter, wanted. to get all all the praise for acting. quickly, and the person who he tweeted. about during that shooting also. ultimately ended up not being the person. uh who had committed this crime. I'm. going to put right here on the screen uh. Cash Mattel's tweet. He wrote in part,

"Early this morning, FBI Boston's safe. streets task force with assistance from. the US Marshalss and Coventry, Rhode. Island Police Department detained a. person of interest in a hotel room in. Coventry, Rhode Island." So, first and. foremost, what are the implications of. having an FBI director who just can't. stop but fall over himself to try and. tweet out information before it's. thoroughly vetted? You know, Brian, first of all, nobody can ever accuse. Cash Patel of learning from his. mistakes. As you point out, he made the.

same, you know, boneheaded decision to. prematurely put out what proved to be. wrong information in the Charlie Kirk. case. And now he's gone and done it. again. And let me tell you, when I read. his post, Brian, you know, this is like. a study. This is like law enforcement. 101 of what not to do. And I'll talk in. a minute about how it could negatively. implicate the case in the event Cash. Patel eventually gets it right and um. and apprehends the actual uh Brown.

University killer in this case. But what. I want to do is just turn to the three. things that he said in this post and. then explain to our audience why it is. that none of these things should have. been posted, never mind, by the director. of the FBI. The first thing he posts is. FBI Boston established a command post to. intake, develop, and analyze leads and. run them to ground. First of all, what. he says there is law enforcement is.

doing what law enforcement does, which. is really not something you have to take. the time to to post to people other than. just to put on a big splashy show. You. know, he really can't shake the fact. that he used to be a podcaster and it. really didn't matter what he spewed into. the public square. Here's the second. thing. We activated the FBI's cellular. analysis survey team to provide critical. geoloccation capabilities. What does. that do, Brian? That signals to the bad.

guy, oh, let me dump my phone. Right? Because now that he is actually sharing. sources and methods and law enforcement. activities while the investigation is. ongoing, the only thing he has succeeded. in doing is tipping off the bad guy and. making himself look like a buffoon in. the process. And here's the third thing. he posted. As a result, early this. morning, FBI Boston's Safe Streets Task.

Force with the assistance from the US. Marshall Service and Coventry, Rhode. Island Police Department, detained a. person of interest in a hotel room in. Coventry, Rhode Island, based off a lead. provided by Rhode Island RIPD. What What are we doing there? What are. we seeing there? He's disclosing. information about where the person he. believed to be the shooter was located. is located um and what's actually going.

on at this moment in the investigation. First of all, the uh the public, the. people don't need this information. They. have no right to this information and. they shouldn't have this information. Why? Because what this does is it kind. of poisons the public. Well, and now. somebody might say, "Oh, you know what? Um, I want to take advantage of. potential reward money, so I'm going to. say that I saw the killer go to that.

motel in Coventry, Rhode Island." Yeah, that's it. Because now I know that. that's where they are interviewing a. suspect. You're providing evidence about. an ongoing investigation to the public, which I say they don't have a right to. know and they shouldn't know. And here. is how this could impact the. investigation and the prosecution moving. forward. When you arrest the wrong. person or you announce you have somebody. in custody who's a person of interest,

which obviously sends the signal that. we've got the killer. You know what. you've just done? you and it turns out. to be the wrong guy. You've made the. prosecution's case much harder and you. have given ammunition to the defendant. and his attorneys when they ultimately. go to trial because what this does is it. creates actual evidence of what we call. a thirdparty perpetrator defense. The. FBI director said in essence in.

substance, "We've got our man. We've. We're wearing them out in a motel right. now in Coventry, Rhode Island. That is. evidence that And now we know he got it. wrong. At least that's what the reports. are. Uh uh just disregard everything I. just posted. My bad. That was the wrong. guy. that gives actual evidence to to. the to the shooter, the person who if. ultimately apprehended and put on trial, will be able to use those statements, use that evidence as a third party.

perpetrator defense and argue, ladies. and gentlemen, there's no way in the. world a responsible FBI director would. have put that information out publicly. if he wasn't damn sure he had the right. guy in that motel. And guess what? that. guy, not my client who's on trial here. today. And that's just one reason you. should have reasonable doubt and you. should find my client not guilty. This. is like stupidity writ large. It is.

incompetence writ large and it is a. refusal to learn from one's mistakes. None of this recommends Cash Patel to. continue in the job of director of the. FBI. Doesn't it also put the public at. risk because now your guard is down. because you think that the actual. perpetrator of these crimes, the actual. killer here has been apprehended and so. suddenly, you know, you can let your. kids go back outside. Everybody can can. kind of take a take a, you know, breathe. a sigh of relief here. No. And all the.

while have no idea that the perpetrator, the killer, the shooter may just be. right in front of their faces. That's. another downside of Cash Patel. prematurely spewing this nonsense into. the public square, especially when it. turns out that it's wrong. You know, there are so many reasons that this is. not something we've ever seen a director. of the FBI do previously. You know, most. of them had, you know, some sense of how. to go about running what used to be and.

I think still is ultimately the nation's. pre-minent law enforcement agency. you. know, but for the fact that the. leadership right now, Cash Patel, Don. Bonino, they they just don't have any. business being in those positions. >> Yeah. In in terms of what the fallout. could be, I mean, look, the reality is. that that the people who are at top of. the leadership for these law enforcement. agencies are there not because they're. qualified for their jobs, not because. they're competent, but because they're.

going to show blind deference and. loyalty to Donald Trump. And so in terms. of consequences or fallout, do you. anticipate that there's going to be any. or so long as they continue graveling at. Trump's feet? You know, it's uh that's. just that's just how it is in today's uh. DOJ, FBI, and on and on. Yeah, Brian, that's kind of a coin toss because in. the first Trump administration, when a. cabinet official would, you know, make. Trump look bad when he he or she would. receive all kinds of criticism for the. way they were bungling the the.

responsibilities they had in whatever. their, you know, cabinet job happened to. be, he would throw them under the bus in. a minute. So even though he would want. to bring unqualified lap dogs into the. job, um he didn't want them to embarrass. him and this now as you pointed out at. the top with with Cash Patel doing it. twice and not learning from his mistake. the first time. I mean this makes Donald. Trump and his administration look, you.

know, lower than whale on the. competence front. So it wouldn't shock. me if maybe the second time is is too. much for Donald Trump to endure and he. gets rid of Cash Patel. And then of. course who in the world he will tap to. replace him is anybody's guess. And you. know but sometimes you know we say the. devil we know is better than the devil. we don't know when the devil we know. when it's Cash Patel who is putting you. know law enforcement at risk. He's.

putting the public at risk. He's giving. actual dangerous folk who commit crimes. built-in defenses that they wouldn't. otherwise have if he wasn't such an. incompetent and imbecile. You know, sometimes I think we have to take our. chances on the next devil. >> You know, I think the I hear everything. you're saying, but I think perhaps a. bigger problem for Trump would be um in. some roundabout way conceding fault here. by admitting that Cash Patel had done. something wrong and so he had to fire.

him. I think a bigger priority for Trump. is pretending that everybody around him. is perfect and that he made the perfect. decision by appointing all of these. people to their positions. And so in an. effort not to seem like he's done. something wrong, in an effort not to. show some semblance of weakness by. saying, "Okay, this was a mistake or. appointing Cash Patel was a mistake." I. think he's just going to double down and. say, you know, strength in my. administration looks like never. admitting fault, even when it's so. apparent, even when Cash Patel continues. to up time and time and time again.

And so there's a big part of me that. thinks that that especially in these. moments where somebody in his. administration uh drops the ball is when. he's going to not do anything expressly. so that people don't think that he's. weak by virtue of, you know, firing them. and and as a result kind of. inadvertently admitting fault. >> Yeah. So I want to talk about the other. side of that coin. I agree with you. That's one, you know, perspective. And. Donald Trump is known to double and. triple down on his own bad decisions and. poor choices. Um, but first of all, he.

fired cabinet members in his first. administration. And then what did he do? He tended to blame the pick, not on. himself cuz even though he was the final. decision maker, he would blame it on. somebody else. There is sort of a. similar experience that we're seeing. right now in the second administration. where all of these Trumpapp appointed. judges are ruling against Donald Trump. So what does Donald Trump do? Well, it. was the Federalist Society who really. picked those judges and I don't, you. know, I just agreed with the picks that.

they, you know, they forwarded to me. Again, he will, the buck never stops. with Donald Trump. He will always point. fingers. So if he ends up getting rid of. Cash Patel, it won't be because he made. the wrong decision. It will be like, well, you know, Cash Patel, I think I. I'm familiar with him. He he he was a. coffee boy, but you know, other people. said I should make him the director of. the FBI, so I did. and and you know. what? They gave me bad advice. This is. his MMO. >> Yeah, 100%. I mean, both of those. scenarios, I think, are perfectly.

feasible. It's just depends on, frankly, how he's feeling that day and and. honestly, the last person to get in his. ear because who whatever he spouts is. usually the result of that. It's worth. asking here, is there any impact that. the other prosecutors in the FBI can. have? I mean, clearly they know better. It's Cash Battel, who's the newcomer. here. It's Cash Patel who's the showboat. here who just can't, you know, rid. himself of this of of this uh Trumpian. um uh uh tactic where he just has to, you know, very quickly gain garner all.

of the uh the credit and praise for. himself. But what are the prosecutors in. the FBI, the rank and file, the. attorneys who work there, what are they. thinking or doing as a result of this? >> Probably shaking their head in despair. and going home and drinking. I I don't. mean to make light, but there is a. general counsel's office and I have. known some of the FBI general counsel. over time and they're there to give kind. of real time legal advice to try to keep.

the director of the FBI and other FBI. leadership out of hot water, investigative hot water, legal hot. water, and to try to make sure that. they're not damaging the prospect of a. successful arrest in the first instance. and then ultimately a successful. prosecution. So I am sure they have been. trying to give Cash Patel their best. advice on legal matters in the event. Cash Patel is including them and not. cutting them out when it comes to sort. of the legal ins and outs of the way.

they're going about their operations and. their investigations. And you know, I'm. sure that the the good honest people who. remain in the FBI, just like the good. honest people uh the good career public. servants who remain in the Department of. Justice, and of course the FBI is a. component within the Department of. Justice. I am sure they're beside. themselves. I I I have a feeling they're. probably trying to, you know, revisit. the decision daily as to whether they. should stay and try to be guard rails or.

whether, you know, they can no longer. buy in to being a part of an. administration run by the likes of Trump. and Pam Bondi and Cash Patel. Um because. you know it would be from my perspective. as a 30-year Fed, it would be really. hard for me to labor under that kind of. leadership with the word leadership in. air quotes if I knew they were doing the. wrong thing every day and they weren't. even willing to take my advice about how. to go about doing things the right way. I mean that is really a lot for a.

federal government employee, a good. hardworking uh prosecutor or FBI agent. who understands that they are there to. represent the interests of the American. people, not dear leader in the Oval. Office. It would be a really hard pill. to swallow coming into work every day. and having to contend with that. >> Well, look, I I something tells me that. this is not the last time that Cash. Patel is going to do exactly what he's. done here and exactly what he did in the. aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. So obviously a lot more to come on this,

whether it's Cash Mattel's actions or. how this case plays itself out given. Cash Mattel's incompetence at play. For. those who are watching, if you'd like to. follow along with this and all other. legal news, please make sure to. subscribe. I'm going to put the links to. both of our channels right here on the. screen. Best way to support our work, best way to support independent media, and it is and always will be 100% free. So if you've not yet subscribed, please. go ahead and hit subscribe. Again, those. links are right here on the screen. I'm. Brian Taylor Cohen, >> and I'm Glenn Kersner. >> You're watching the Legal Breakdown.