Joe Kent had a lot to say during his recent interview with Tucker Carlson. Less than 24 hours after resigning from his position as the National Counterterrorism Center Director, Joe Kent, sat down with Tucker Carlson and discussed numerous topics such as the war in Iran, why he resigned, and even Charlie Kirk’s assassination. On the topic of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Kent told Tucker he and his colleagues at the NCC were told to stop investigating Kirk’s assassination. The Washington Examiner provided further details on Kent’s claims: Former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent said he and his team were blocked from continuing to investigate possible leads tied to the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, alleging federal agencies told them to halt their work despite unsolved questions. Speaking on the Tucker Carlson Show following his resignation from the NCC, Kent said his office initially pursued leads related to possible foreign connections in the case, which fell within its mandate. But he said those efforts were curtailed. “We were then told that, ‘Hey, you guys need to stop. You can’t work on this anymore,” Kent said. Kirk, a prominent conservative figure and ally of President Donald Trump, was killed in a high-profile assassination that authorities have described as the act of a lone gunman on Utah Valley University’s campus. Kent said investigators were told to defer to state authorities in Utah and that federal agencies limited further inquiry. “The FBI will say that they stopped that because they wanted to … turn everything over to the Utah State authorities,” Kent said, adding that officials characterized the case as a “slam dunk case.” Kent said his team identified additional leads that warranted further review, including potential foreign links, but was unable to pursue them. “There was more work for us to do on the potential of a foreign nexus … and we were blocked from doing that,” he said. He described how access to information and interagency cooperation were restricted. “All the requests that we would make … were just never met,” Kent said, adding that requests for data sharing “just continue to die on the vine.” Here’s the moment Kent said it: Joe Kent says there are “unanswered questions” about Charlie Kirk’s death: “We’ve been told that this individual, Robinson, was a lone gunman, and maybe he is, but the investigation I was part of, we were stopped from continuing to investigate.” pic.twitter.com/w6JeR8PvaT — The American Conservative (@amconmag) March 19, 2026 The New York Times has reported Kent is now being investigated by the FBI: The F.B.I. has opened an investigation into Joe Kent, a counterterrorism official who was pilloried by the White House after he quit over the war with Iran, for possibly leaking sensitive intelligence, according to two people with knowledge of the situation. The investigation predated the resignation on Tuesday of Mr. Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, according to those people, who discussed a continuing investigation on the condition of anonymity. Disclosure of the inquiry, which was reported earlier by Semafor, came after a coordinated Trump administration effort to discredit Mr. Kent as untrustworthy and disloyal. The F.B.I. and Justice Department under Mr. Trump have frequently targeted the president’s critics and political enemies for criminal investigations, often without sufficient evidence to obtain or sustain a criminal indictment. “Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation,” Mr. Kent wrote in his public resignation letter to President Trump, which landed as the president was grappling with the economic and geopolitical fallout from the Iran war. Mr. Kent, the first senior member of the administration to quit over the war, claimed that the attack on Iran was “due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.” He was interviewed on Wednesday by Tucker Carlson, a close friend, on his popular online podcast. Mr. Carlson, who gained notoriety for a sympathetic interview with a white nationalist last year, has been one of the most visible conservative opponents of the war and a vocal critic of Israel. Mr. Kent’s critics have long accused him of promoting an antisemitic and anti-Israel worldview. Watch Kent’s full interview with Tucker here: https://x.com/TuckerCarlson/status/2034444911521513660

Today, the House of Representatives passed a bill that mandates deportation for illegal immigrants who steal from the U.S. taxpayer by committing welfare fraud. It’s sad that this even has to be a separate law, to tell you the truth. It should just be basic common sense, and every Republican voted in favor of the bill. But, in a testament to just how insane the Democratic party has become, nearly 200 Democrats voted against the bill’s passage. Nick Sortor broke it down further: BREAKING: The House of Representatives has just PASSED a bill requiring AUTOMATIC deportation of illegals who commit welfare fraud, 231-186 This is a NO BRAINER! But of course, 186 Democrats voted AGAINST this. REMINDER: Democrats are NOT ON THE SIDE of Americans. The… pic.twitter.com/ERrTUbzZ89 — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) March 18, 2026 BREAKING: The House of Representatives has just PASSED a bill requiring AUTOMATIC deportation of illegals who commit welfare fraud, 231-186

Well, this is a plot twist… Yesterday, National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent suddenly resigned from his role. And now, we may know the real reason why. While Kent cited moral concerns over the Iran war in his resignation letter, a new report claims that the FBI has actually been investigating him for allegedly leaking classified information. According to this report, Kent has been under investigation since before his abrupt departure. Semafor reported: The investigation into former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent is focused on allegations that he improperly shared classified information, four people with direct knowledge of the investigation told Semafor. In his resignation letter, Kent wrote that Iran “posed no imminent threat to our nation” and accused President Donald Trump of starting the war because of “pressure from Israel.” The investigation predates Kent’s departure, the four people said; one of them described it as being months-long. Trump aides and allies denounced Kent as a leaker immediately after his resignation became public. Laura Ingraham of Fox News dove deeper into the FBI’s investigation into Joe Kent. Watch here: BREAKING: Former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent is under FBI INVESTIGATION for allegedly leaking classified information "The investigation PREDATES his departure," per @IngrahamAngle Wow pic.twitter.com/9GWE2nl15a — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) March 18, 2026 Now, we don’t have a lot of details yet on the reported FBI investigation into Joe Kent. And, it’s important to note that just because someone is being investigated, it doesn’t necessarily mean that they did anything wrong. But, if these reports are true, then the timing is incredibly suspicious. Could this be the actual reason he resigned so quickly? Here are some thoughts from folks on X: He pulled the old quit before you get fired/arrested. — SciFiScorpio (@SciFiScorpio) March 19, 2026 That did not take long, might want to take a look at his active campaign financing account. — Michael Gundersen (@gundy46060) March 19, 2026 That’s why he did a “public” resignation instead of through the normal channels. He had to get HIS story on record BEFORE the truth came out. — Jeannie Satoris (@JeaneanSatoris) March 19, 2026 What do you think?

Joe Kent has given his first interview since resigning as the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center. On Wednesday evening, Tucker Carlson sat down with Joe Kent and the two discussed his time in the Trump administration and the war in Iran. Throughout the interview, Kent claimed that the United States entered the war on behalf of Israel. Take a look: Joe Kent tells Tucker Carlson that Israel dragged the US into war with Iran. “The Israelis drove the decision to take this action, which we knew would set off a series of events because the Iranians would retaliate.” Follow: @AFpost pic.twitter.com/jZCsGNkh3m — AF Post (@AFpost) March 18, 2026 He later told Tucker that Iran was not on their way to obtaining a nuclear weapon, a statement that contradicts President Trump’s previous statements. Here’s the moment he said it: Joe Kent says that Iran was never close to a nuclear weapon, contradicting Lindsey Graham. Follow: @AFpost pic.twitter.com/fZV2WCslrh — AF Post (@AFpost) March 19, 2026 The Hill provided a summary of the interview: Joe Kent, the former top Trump administration intelligence official who resigned this week over the U.S. military’s ongoing operations in Iran, discussed his decision in a podcast interview Wednesday with right-wing pundit Tucker Carlson, who shares many of his opinions on the war. Kent sat for a wide-ranging interview with Carlson and argued U.S. involvement in the conflict was pushed by Israel. “The Israelis drove the decision to take this action,” Kent told Carlson during the interview, clips of which were circulated on social media soon after it was published. “Which we knew would set off a series of events, meaning the Iranians would retaliate.” President Trump, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and a number of top administration officials have said attacking Iran earlier this month was necessary because the regime there posed an imminent threat to American national security and was vulnerable after years of waging proxy war on the U.S. and its allies. Here are some clips: Joe Kent confirms to Tucker Carlson that Israel is NOT able to fight its wars without America and that the Trump administration refused to discuss it's objectives regarding Iran after the 12 day war. "In some ways, this is a little humiliating" pic.twitter.com/scCk7tYdLR — 1stclassclips (@1stclassclips) March 18, 2026 The Independent reported more on Kent’s comments on the Iranian regime: Carlson — who has described the war as ‘‘absolutely disgusting and evil” — asked Kent whether the regime was on the verge of creating a nuclear bomb. “No. They weren’t three weeks ago when this started, and they weren’t in June either,” he said, referring to the U.S. military’s June 22 strikes on Iranian nuclear sites. He added that the Iranian government has had a fatwa — or edict — in place since 2004 that bars them from developing a nuclear weapon. “We had no intelligence to indicate that fatwa was being disobeyed,” he told Carlson, describing the Iranian strategy as “actually pretty pragmatic.” The killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also only served to embolden his hardline supporters, Kent claimed. “I don’t think the ayatollah feared dying. Not because he’s some crazy lunatic, but because he knew if he was killed the regime would survive,” he said. The entire interview was released on Tucker Carlson’s website, behind a paywall, angering some conservatives. https://x.com/jacktronprime/status/2034404843717074949

It looks like the Panicans were wrong again! Despite all the naysayers whining about a perceived split in the MAGA movement over the recent military action in Iran, it turns out that President Trump’s support among his base is unwavering. In a recent segment, CNN analyst Harry Enten dove into new numbers from an NBC News survey, which show that 100% of people who identify as MAGA Republicans approve of President Trump. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt shared a clip from the CNN segment: CNN: “MAGA GOP view of Trump, approve is 100%. If you are a member of MAGA in the GOP, you approve of Donald John Trump. 0% say that they disapprove… he’s the 1972 Miami Dolphins.” pic.twitter.com/ELYv9d5OPM — Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) March 18, 2026 Now, you might be saying to yourself, of course, President Trump has high support from people who self-identify as MAGA — for obvious reasons. Simply put, if you don’t like what President Trump is doing, then you are not MAGA. You’ve left the movement. Right? That’s absolutely true — but, the NBC survey proves that people are not leaving MAGA in droves, contrary to what President Trump’s haters might be saying. In fact, President Trump’s base has only grown bigger than it was last year! The New York Post noted: The poll showing Trump’s perfect level of support also found that 30% of Americans currently identify MAGA, up from 28% in November 2024. “The theme of this segment is ‘Tucker Carlson Be Darned,’” Enten said, referring to the conservative commentator who has been outspoken in his opposition to the Iran war – so much so that Trump recently declared, “He’s not MAGA.” “The bottom line is that the MAGA base within the GOP is not shrinking … If anything, it is slightly larger than it was back in 2024,” the CNN analyst explained. The polling, according to Enten, is indicative of just “how strong Donald Trump’s grip is on that MAGA base” is. In conclusion, MAGA is just as strong and as big as ever. People are not abandoning Trump. On the contrary — according to this poll, every person who voted for President Trump in 2024 is just as happy with him now as the day they cast their ballot. The full CNN segment is worth watching, and you can do so right here: BREAKING: In a STUNNING moment, CNN was just forced to report that Donald Trump has 100% MAGA APPROVAL 100%. WOW The kicker? The share of voters who call themselves "MAGA" is the *SAME* as when he won in 2024! "You don't have to be a GENIUS to know you can't go higher… pic.twitter.com/QRFXfywKax — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 18, 2026 BREAKING: In a STUNNING moment, CNN was just forced to report that Donald Trump has 100% MAGA APPROVAL 100%. WOW