Overview
- Erika Kirk announced on X that she and Candace Owens will meet in person on Monday, Dec. 15, and that both agreed to halt livestreams, posts and public back-and-forth until after the discussion.
- Turning Point USA postponed a planned livestream that was set to rebut Owens’ allegations about Charlie Kirk’s assassination after initially inviting her to participate.
- Owens has promoted unsupported theories implicating TPUSA insiders, pro-Israel actors, the French military and even the U.S. military, and has questioned whether charged suspect Tyler Robinson is the shooter.
- During a CBS News town hall moderated by Bari Weiss, Erika Kirk urged Owens and others to stop spreading claims and warned the narratives risk contaminating the jury pool for the upcoming trial.
- Authorities charged 22-year-old Tyler Robinson with aggravated murder and other counts and are seeking the death penalty, while separate fact-checks have refuted viral rumors that Erika Kirk was banned from Romania or linked to trafficking.