FBI Director Kash Patel, in a post on X, called Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar a "prominent Indian political and religious figure". However, Nijjar was a Canadian citizen and a pro-Khalistan separatist. He said this while announcing that the FBI had charged Lawrence Bishnoi and his aide, Goldy Brar, for allegedly orchestrating the killing of Nijjar in Canada.