The bullet used in the assassination of conservative activist Charle Kirk reportedly doesn’t match the rifle tied to his accused shooter Tyler Robinson, according to multiple reports citing documents in the case.
Robinson’s attorneys argued that there’s “a discrepancy between the ballistic evidence and the weapon prosecutors say is connected” to him in the case, TMZ reported. Former Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene shared the headline from the Daily Mail‘s report on the claim that the bullet used didn’t match Robinson’s suspected rifle on her X account with the eyeballs emoji, and re-shared another X user’s post on Washington County Sheriff Keith Brooksby resigning on Monday (March 30) after meeting with the commissioners’ office to address “a few different allegations.”
“The ATF could not match the bullet to Tyler Robinson’s gun and when the news breaks the sheriff resigns,” Greene wrote, though there is no evidence that Brooksby’s resignation was tied to the Kirk assassination case.
Several other political pundits discussed the claim made by Robinson’s defense team including Candace Owens, who had previously served as the communications director for Kirk’s Turning Point USA and has been outspoken about her conspiracy theories related to his death.
“Where are all my neocons who have been ‘overwhelmed’ by the non existent evidence against Tyler Robinson?” Owens wrote on her X account. “You should all be ashamed of yourselves. Hope the money was worth it.”
“And the other part no one wants to discuss— that about 7 sets of prints were found on the gun, which the bomb dogs did not find which means—it wasn’t fired at all. OVERWHELMINGGG,” she added in a separate post.
Kirk was fatally shot in the neck during what was scheduled to be the first stop on his ‘American Comeback Tour’ on September 10. Robinson was announced to have been in custody and publicly identified by police on September 12.
A federal investigation into Robinson reportedly showed he had no link to left-wing groups, three sources with knowledge of the situation confirmed to NBC News. Kirk founded Turning Point USA, a conservative youth organization, at the age of 18 along with tea party activist William Montgomery in 2012. The political pundit gained notoriety debating liberal students, winning over conservative financiers.
Kirk enthusiastically supported President Donald Trump during his 2016 presidential campaign and served as a personal aide to his son, Donald Trump Jr., during the campaign, while also gaining a regular presence on cable news.
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