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The Megyn Kelly Show

Charlie Kirk's Alleged Assassin Taken Into Custody, and Remembering His Incredible Life and Legacy | Ep. 1147

The Megyn Kelly Show

SiriusXM

News, News Commentary, Society & Culture

4.438.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2025

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Summary

Megyn Kelly begins the show by discussing the breaking news that the alleged Charlie Kirk assassin has been taken into custody, the details about the 22-year-old suspect, the truth about the "anti-fascist" and bizarre internet memes including about furries engraved on his ammo, what may have led to the radicalization of Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin, the possible role of college in shaping his ideology, how his father recognized him and convinced him to turn himself into authorities, whether the alleged Charlie Kirk assassin will face the death penalty in Utah, Erika and Charlie Kirk's beautiful marriage and relationship, how they met through Turning Point USA, the strong Christian foundation of their relationship, members of the media for using Kirk’s assassination to smear conservatives, and more. PrizePicks: Download the PrizePicks app today and use code MEGYN to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup! Visit https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/MEGYN Masa Chips: Get 25% off your first order | Use code MK at https://MASAChips.com/MK Just Thrive: Visit https://justthrivehealth.com/discount/Megyn and use code MEGYN to save 20% sitewide Chapter: For free and unbiased Medicare help, dial 276-334-2273 or go to https://askchapter.org/kelly Disclaimer: Chapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don't directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show, live on Sirius XM Channel 111 every weekday at noon east.

0:12.3

Hey everyone, I'm Megan Kelly. Welcome to the Megan Kelly show. They got him. The manhunt is

0:17.5

officially over, and that is very good news. President Trump making the surprise announcement on Fox and Friends. This is so classic Trump. You know, somebody called him right before he went out there and said, Mr. President, we think we got the Charlie Kirk assassin, and then he just revealed it. I can just picture, like, Cash Patel in his office, like, what? What is he doing? What? Who told? Why? Why did he tell?

0:41.4

Oh, we have that. Okay, let's watch it. Any updates on the suspect? Yeah. Can I always say,

0:48.8

I think, just to protect us all, and so Fox doesn't get sued, and we all don't get sued and everything else.

0:55.4

But I think with a high degree of certainty, we have him.

1:00.5

Right now.

1:00.9

In custody, right?

1:02.5

In custody, everyone did a great job.

1:05.6

We worked with the local police, the governor, everybody did a great job.

1:10.2

You know, getting somebody that you start

1:12.0

off with absolutely nothing. And we started off with a clip that made up look like an ant

1:16.2

that was almost useless. We just saw there was somebody up there. And so much work has been done

1:22.9

over the last two and a half days. You know, it's amazing actually when you start off with that

1:26.5

and then all of a sudden,

1:31.4

you get lucky or talent or whatever it is.

1:33.9

But, yeah, we're, I think we're in great shape.

1:34.4

That's the person. He's in custody.

1:37.1

Pretty extraordinary.

1:39.6

Soon thereafter, law enforcement confirming the arrest and Utah's Republican Governor Spencer Cox this

1:45.2

morning describing how it all unfolded and laying out key details about the suspect and what

1:52.0

may have motivated the young man who is 22 years old from Washington, Utah.

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