After their private meeting to discuss the allegations around the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, his widow Erika Kirk and political commentator Candace Owens both made public remarks about the discussion.
Kirk called Monday’s 4½-hour discussion “very productive” on X. Owens, in her post, also said it was “extremely productive” and claimed that the two parties “agreed much more than I had anticipated. Of course, we also disagreed on various points and people as well.”
The in-person meeting seemed inevitable due to Owens’ log of more than 40 podcast episodes on Charlie Kirk’s murder, where she has discussed a range of unsubstantiated theories. Then, last week, Erika Kirk went on a media tour, where she was publicly questioned about Owens for the first time; in response, Kirk said she would like Owens to “stop.”
Since the discussion, Kirk only published the initial post and has since remained silent.
On Tuesday evening, Owens opened her podcast with nearly 40 minutes of her point of view on the women’s conversation. She said every discussion point was on the table.
She said that Kirk was upset by a post earlier this month where Owens called Turning Point USA, the nonprofit organization that Charlie Kirk founded and that Erika Kirk is now the CEO of, a “godforsaken organization” filled with people who “betrayed” him.
“I have to own that that’s aggressive,” Owens said. “That is actually aggressive in the retrospect.”
Owens continued to double down on some unverified claims she has previously made on her podcast, including her belief that Tyler Robinson did not kill Charlie Kirk.
The alleged killer, 22-year-old Robinson, was charged by the state of Utah with seven felonies and one class A misdemeanor in relation to the assassination of Charlie Kirk. The state is seeking the death penalty in the case.
In terms of evidence against Robinson, Owens said she believes the only evidence the attorneys have is what’s been made public in the affidavit. The charging documents in the case say Robinson’s parents recognized their son in police photos during the manhunt, and that his father recognized the rifle law enforcement said was the alleged weapon used.
The affidavit further says that his parents convinced Robinson to meet at their home, where he “implied that he was the shooter and stated that he couldn’t go to jail and just wanted to end it. When asked why he did it, Robinson explained there is too much evil and the guy (Charlie Kirk) spreads too much hate.”
Political commentator and former attorney Megyn Kelly, who said she helped arrange the meeting between Owens and Kirk, said on her podcast last week that she believes the prosecution has an “overwhelming mountain of evidence against (Robinson),” and she sees “all evidence pointing directly to Tyler Robinson. ... My only question is, who may have helped him and who may have known about it prior to his arrest, and I really hope that the prosecution has no problem making that case.”
Kelly also called out people who think they deserve to hear any evidence found in the case surrounding Kirk’s death in her podcast last week.
“You’re not the target audience. They’re trying to preserve the integrity of this case for when they get it in front of a jury, who are the only people who matter,” she said. “Their opinion is the only opinion that’s going to matter in this case, and they will come to that opinion based on evidence that gets submitted to them that passes the rules of evidence ... . That’s how our system works.”
Kelly continued, “It would be inappropriate for them (criminal prosecutors) to come out and shoot off their mouths about the latest and greatest they have. ... Criminal prosecutors have an ethical obligation not to spout off about their evidence in the case.”