Donald Trump has announced a suspect in the as,sas,sination of Charlie Kirk has been taken into custody after being turned in by his dad.
The President was appearing live on Fox & Friends this morning where he said cops have a “high degree of certainty” they have the “person they are looking for”.
The President said the suspect’s father and church minister turned in his son after the brutal as,sas,sination.
Trump said: “They have somebody that they think did it.”
He explained that someone “very close” to the suspect turned him – and then expanded that it was his father.
The President said he did not know if the suspect was part of a bigger network – and added he had only been told “five minutes” before going live on TV.
Trump yesterday paid a glowing tribute to Charlie and announced he would be getting the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
The gong is the highest honour a civilian can receive in the US.
The date of the ceremony is yet to be announced – but Trump said he had no doubt there will be a “very, very big crowd”.
Paying tribute to his friend, Trump said: “We miss him greatly.
“Yet I have no doubt that Charlie’s voice and the courage that he put into the hearts of countless people, especially young people, will live on.”
Trump also called the as,sas,sination of conservative firebrand Charlie Kirk “a dark moment for America” as he vowed a sweeping crackdown on political violence.
In a solemn four-minute video filmed from the Oval Office and shared on Truth Social, the president said he was “filled with grief and anger.