I posted a timeline a way back pointing to my theory that they had him by the end of week 1. Probably even earlier. Day 2.
Every single piece of inaccurate reporting has had pushback. The one that continues to stand the test of time is that the FBI followed him across the country. Even former FBI Director Andrew McCabe (likely has no inside info) agreed that it was plausible and described the methods that the agents would have used.
If we are to take the FBI were following him reports at face value. And it’s true that his dad arrived sometime around the 13th (on a plane and don’t have the reporting handy) and they are placed in Idaho on the morning of the 16th getting the car serviced. We have to assume they were on the road by the 14th if not the 13th.
So someone, anyone, who’s not buying into this ‘LE knew and was playing mind games’, please please explain the “22,000 Hyundai’s” statement released to the press at the same time they sunk time, resources, money into having the FBI tailing their white Hyundai across the country.
There’s only one conclusion to draw from this. And it wasn’t “they weren’t sure”. They were waiting for familial DNA to come back. And even though they were likely 99.99999999% convinced by all of the other evidence they have (I’d wager that they have license plate video, as clear as day, and had it by day 2). They needed to be prepared to address and ammend their theory in the 0.00000001%* chance the dna wasn’t his.
* I’m making these numbers up if that’s not enough obvious lol