Trump comments on why FBI has not yet taken over Nancy Guthrie case, whether cartels possibly involved

President Donald Trump connected Friday commented connected wherefore the FBI has not taken implicit arsenic the pb bureau investigating the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie astir 2 weeks since she vanished from her Tucson, Arizona, home.

Guthrie, the 84-year-old parent of NBC big Savannah Guthrie, went missing from her location Feb. 1, and nary suspects oregon persons of involvement person been publically named by authorities 13 days later.

While speaking to reporters astatine the White House, Trump explained wherefore the Pima County Sheriff's Department remains the pb connected the investigation. 

"They didn't privation to fto spell of it, which is fine. It's up to them. It's truly up to the communities," Trump told reporters extracurricular the White House Friday afternoon. "But ultimately, erstwhile the FBI got involved, I think, you know, advancement has been made."

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President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media connected the South Lawn of the White House earlier boarding Marine One successful Washington, D.C. connected Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

White House property caput Karoline Leavitt had said earlier that FBI Director Kash Patel assured her that the bureau was connected the crushed successful Arizona and is offering section authorities the "full resources" of the national government.

The president's comments came aft a U.S. instrumentality enforcement root told Fox News Digital connected Thursday that Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos is blocking the FBI from cardinal evidence.

During an interrogation Friday with Fox News' Matt Finn, Nanos defended his department's concern with the FBI, saying his bureau did not find a mitt astatine Guthrie's spot and a backstage Florida lab, which the sheriff's section has been contracted with for decades, began receiving grounds astatine the commencement of the probe and that the FBI agreed that grounds should proceed to beryllium sent determination alternatively of the FBI's nationalist transgression laboratory successful Quantico, Virginia.

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos speaks to the media successful Catalina, Arizona, connected Feb. 3, 2026, portion answering questions astir the hunt for Nancy Guthrie. ( Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images)

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Nanos added helium called the FBI for assistance connected the adjacent moving time aft Guthrie's disappearance and that it would beryllium "absolutely crazy" to not instrumentality vantage of their partnership.

FBI Phoenix connected Thursday said caller "identifying details" astir Guthrie's imaginable abductor person been confirmed aft a forensic investigation of the doorbell camera footage by the FBI’s Operational Technology Division. 

The fishy is described arsenic a man, astir 5 feet, 9 inches to 5 feet, 10 inches tall, with an mean build.

An undated photograph of Nancy Guthrie and Savannah Guthrie provided by NBC successful effect to the disappearance of the 84-year-old parent of the "Today" host. (Courtesy of NBC)

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Officials besides specified the marque of backpack the fishy was seen wearing successful a video released Tuesday, confirming it was a black, 25-liter "Ozark Trail Hiker Pack" backpack.

President Donald Trump spoke with reporters connected Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, astir the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie. (Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Trump was besides asked Friday whether cartels oregon perchance different "nation state" could beryllium progressive successful Guthrie's disappearance.

"You can't accidental that yet," Trump said extracurricular the White House, responding to a question from Fox News' Jacqui Heinrich. "It's a small spot early."

"But it's idiosyncratic [who] either knew what they were doing precise well, oregon they were fertile amateurs. Either way, it's not a bully situation," Trump added.