JUST IN: FBI Launches Probe Into Possible Co-Conspirators From Kirk Assassin’s Group Chat

Other individuals may be linked to Tyler Robinson and his assassination of Charlie Kirk last week, FBI Director Kash Patel announced on Monday.

The scope of the federal government’s investigation into the 22-year-old college student has expanded beyond his roommate, a transgender video gamer who relatives say developed a hatred of conservatives and Christians in recent years. Those sentiments were shared by Robinson on online message boards, such as those popular among gamers who use the app Discord.

Patel told “Fox & Friends” that he believes others who listened to Robinson’s nefarious planning and did nothing may also be charged.

“There’s more than 20 individuals,” Patel revealed about the Discord chat where Robinson made ominous references to his discarded murder weapon and bullets engraved with chilling anti-Trump messages.

“People think we can just get into these group chats and immediately find out who was in them. We, the FBI, are the investigatory body supporting multiple prosecutions and ongoing investigations,” Patel explained.

“Our investigation at the FBI is ongoing, and there are scores of people in this Discord chatroom. But we have to effectuate the legal process. We have to go out there with search warrants,” he continued, “so that if prosecutors later want to use this evidence, it’s not tainted by being illegally obtained.”

Patel promised that, in the coming days, “scores of individuals” and their family members will be interviewed as part of the FBI’s investigation.

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While those interviews play out, authorities have already conclusively linked Robinson to the crime scene using matching DNA evidence, Patel revealed. Robinson’s DNA was found on a screwdriver left on the rooftop where the fatal shot was taken, as well as a towel wrapped around the discarded hunting rifle that he allegedly fired.

No official motive has been released, but family members of Robinson have spoken about the far-left shift they saw in Robinson over the past few years. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said on Sunday that Robinson had been struggling with a “leftist” ideology after being “radicalized” online.

According to other media reports, Robinson held a promising future before allegedly killing Kirk. He was one of fewer than 200 U.S. students to receive a presidential scholarship to attend Utah State University, but dropped out after just one semester.

Robinson was in his third year of an electrical apprenticeship program when he confessed to shooting Kirk, 31, the founder of Turning Point USA and a close confidant to the Trump administration.

Vice President J.D. Vance, who flew home with Kirk’s body on Air Force Two, announced he will be filling in on Kirk’s program on Monday.

“Tomorrow, I will have the honor of hosting the Charlie Kirk Show,” Vance wrote on Sunday night.

“Please join me as I pay tribute to my friend.”