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George Zinn Sentenced on Child Exploitation and Obstruction After False Claim in Kirk Shooting

A state parole board will decide how long he serves under Utah’s indeterminate, concurrent prison terms.

Overview

  • Zinn, 71, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and entered a no-contest plea to obstruction of justice.
  • A judge imposed two terms of one to 15 years for the exploitation charges and up to five years for obstruction, to run concurrently.
  • Investigators said they found more than 20 sexually explicit images of children on Zinn’s phone seized at Utah Valley University.
  • Court records state Zinn loudly claimed he shot Charlie Kirk and later admitted he intended to draw officers’ attention from the real gunman.
  • Prosecutors continue a separate capital case against Tyler Robinson, who is charged with aggravated murder in Kirk’s death.