'Botswana?' Kent spars with Levin over claim made about Charlie Kirk's assassination

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Former FBI deputy director Dan Bongino criticizes former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent for his claims that Iran was not an imminent threat to the United States on 'Hannity.' Former counterterrorism official Joe Kent sparred with conservative radio host and Fox News personality Mark Levin in a heated interview Monday, as Levin pressed him over past comments suggesting potential foreign links to the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and also Iran. Levin challenged Kent to clarify whether he was implicating a specific country, potentially Israel, in relation to Kirk's death, at one point asking, "What are you talking about there — Botswana?" as he pushed him to explain his earlier remarks. Levin was referencing Kent’s prior public comments, in which he raised the possibility that Kirk’s killing could have foreign connect