Overview
- Erika Kirk and Candace Owens met privately on Dec. 15 for roughly 4.5 hours, with both calling the discussion productive and saying tensions were partly thawed.
- In her first podcast afterward, Owens said she does not believe the charged suspect acted alone and reiterated suspicions about TPUSA employees and foreign involvement.
- Turning Point USA postponed a planned Dec. 15 livestream rebuttal after Erika Kirk announced the meeting, and she signaled a shift back to organizational business and AmericaFest.
- Utah prosecutors have charged Tyler Robinson, 22, with aggravated murder; authorities cited meme-inscribed bullet casings and texts in which Robinson allegedly said he shot Kirk because he had “had enough of his hatred.”
- Erika Kirk has urged an end to speculative claims, TPUSA allies have publicly pushed back on Owens’ theories, and the Treasury Department confirmed TPUSA-related tax-exempt entities are not under IRS investigation.