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Newly released FBI footage of a masked, equipped idiosyncratic astatine Nancy Guthrie’s Arizona location connected the greeting of her disappearance drew an contiguous effect from the White House connected Tuesday, with property caput Karoline Leavitt saying the president reacted with "pure disgust."
Minutes earlier the White House briefing, the FBI released photos and video of a masked idiosyncratic seemingly tampering with a Nest information camera extracurricular the 84-year-old's Tuscon beforehand doorway connected Feb. 1, the time she vanished, portion equipped with what appears to beryllium a handgun.
The shocking footage was recovered Tuesday greeting from residual information located successful backend systems successful coordination with backstage assemblage partners, according to a statement from FBI Director Kash Patel.
Leavitt said she and President Donald Trump were reviewing the caller grounds instantly anterior to the property briefing, giving penetration into the president's archetypal takeaways.
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"His archetypal reaction, of course, arsenic each Americans, is conscionable axenic disgust," Leavitt said. "It's heartbreaking to spot present this footage truly bring to beingness a communicative we've each been speechmaking about. And again, we're conscionable praying for the information of Nancy Guthrie and that she volition instrumentality location soon. The president directed maine to delight promote each Americans with immoderate accusation to telephone the FBI, and we anticipation that this lawsuit volition travel to a affirmative solution arsenic soon arsenic possible."
Leavitt said she has not spoken with the president specifically astir if helium believes the idiosyncratic seen successful the recently released footage acted alone.
When asked astir imaginable national consequences if Guthrie is not released unharmed, Leavitt said, "Anyone who was progressive successful this depraved crime, this abduction, of course, we privation to beryllium seen held to the fullest grade of the instrumentality possible."
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She added the FBI, which has posted a reward of up to $50,000, continues to assistance authorities and section authorities who are starring the probe connected the ground.
"Once again, I volition reiterate that the prayers of this full White House are with Savannah [Guthrie] and her household astatine this time, and we anticipation this idiosyncratic is recovered soon and that her parent is brought location safely," Leavitt said.
Guthrie was past seen astatine her location astatine astir 9:30 p.m. Feb. 1, and was reported missing by her household astir noon the adjacent day, according to the Pima County Sheriff's Department.
While officials did not instantly elaborate connected the circumstances of her disappearance, they said they judge Guthrie was either kidnapped oregon abducted, and noted humor was recovered extracurricular the home.
Suspected ransom notes were received by authorities, though the two deadlines officials confirmed were listed successful the notes person since passed without payment.
Days aft Nancy Guthrie's disappearance, Trump said helium called her daughter, NBC "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie, to connection further national support.
"I deliberation it's terrible," the president said. "I'm going to telephone [Savannah Guthrie] aboriginal on. I deliberation it's a unspeakable thing. … Very antithetic situation, but we're going to find out."
Despite the pair's showdown successful an October 2020 NBC municipality hall, Trump added, "I ever got on precise bully with Savannah."
During the Miami municipality hall, Savannah Guthrie pressed Trump connected his administration's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, and his societal media reposts questioning Osama bin Laden's death.
At 1 point, she accused Trump of "sending a lie" to his followers, comparing him to "someone's brainsick uncle."
Nancy Guthrie, who is reportedly not successful bully health, turned 84 connected Jan. 27, conscionable 5 days earlier her disappearance.
Anyone with accusation astir her disappearance is asked to interaction the FBI astatine 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324) oregon taxable a extremity online astatine tips.fbi.gov.
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