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The Ben Shapiro Show

Ep. 2282 - BREAKING: TEXT EXCHANGES Between Kirk Killer, Trans Lover

The Ben Shapiro Show

The Daily Wire

News, News Commentary

4.4152.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Law enforcement releases text exchanges between Charlie Kirk’s assassin and his trans lover; the Left continues to deny ideological complicity in political violence; and Luigi Mangione’s first degree murder charges are dropped. Click here to join the member-exclusive portion of my show: https://bit.ly/3WDjgHE Ep.2282 - - - Facts Don’t Care About Your Feelings - - - DailyWire+: Join millions of people who still believe in truth, courage, and common sense at https://DailyWirePlus.com Watch the Isabel Brown Show Daily at 1pm ET wherever you get your podcasts. Get your Ben Shapiro merch here: https://bit.ly/3TAu2cw - - - Today's Sponsors: Perplexity - Ask anything at https://pplx.ai/benshapiro and try out their new AI-powered web browser Comet at https://comet.perplexity.ai/. ExpressVPN - Go to https://expressvpn.com/ben and find out how you can get 4 months of ExpressVPN free! PureTalk - Switch to PureTalk and start saving today! Visit https://PureTalk.com/SHAPIRO Bambee - Right now, get one month of Bambee for just ONE DOLLAR! Go to https://Bambee.com and type in 'Ben Shapiro' under Podcast to schedule your first call with an HR Manager RIGHT NOW! Lean (Brickhouse Nutrition) - Visit https://takelean.com and get 20% off with promo code BEN Equip Foods - Equip’s Prime Bar is a real food protein bar with nothing to hide: just 11 ingredients and 20g of clean protein - made from ingredients you can pronounce like collagen, beef tallow, colostrum, cocoa butter - and sweetened naturally with just date and honey. Ben Shapiro listeners will get 25% off one-time purchases, or 40% off first subscription orders for a limited time by heading to https://equipfoods.com/benshapiro and using code BENSHAPIRO at checkout. Kikoff - Start building credit with Kikoff today, and you can get your first month for as little as $1. Visit https://getkikoff.com/shapiro - - - Socials: Follow on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3cXUn53  Follow on Instagram: https://bit.ly/3QtuibJ  Follow on Facebook: https://bit.ly/3TTirqd  Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3RPyBiB - - - Privacy Policy: https://www.dailywire.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

All right, folks, well, there is new information that has emerged about the actual shooter of Charlie Kirk.

0:05.2

Tyler Robinson has now been charged with murder in Charlie's shooting, which, of course, we knew was coming because there's lots and lots and lots of information about this shooter.

0:13.6

According to the Wall Street Journal, Utah prosecutors unveiled seven charges Tuesday against Tyler Robinson in the shooting death.

0:19.3

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk on a college campus last week. They said that they would seek the death penalty.

0:24.2

Here was the prosecutor Jeff Gray talking about the fact that they will be seeking the death

0:28.2

penalty in the state of Utah. Following the press conference, I am filing a notice of intent

0:34.5

to seek the death penalty. I do not take this decision lightly, and it is a notice of intent to seek the death penalty. I do not take this decision lightly,

0:40.0

and it is a decision I have made independently as county attorney

0:45.5

based solely on the available evidence and circumstances and nature of the crime.

0:52.5

Because we are seeking the death penalty, the defendant will continue to be held without bail in the Utah County Jail.

1:01.4

The prosecutor in this case went on to explain that the shooter's DNA was found on the weapon.

1:06.9

Again, there's no doubt as to what happened here or why this happened.

1:09.8

It's an incredibly clear case of a political assassination, like crystal clear. There is no mystery. There is no enigma. There is no shadowy conspiracy. There is just the person who did the shooting and apparently a bunch of people behind the scenes who are encouraging him or echoing his desire to see it done. Here again is the prosecutor.

1:29.5

The rifle, ammunition rounds, and towel were sent for forensic processing. DNA consistent

1:37.4

with defendant was found on the trigger, other parts of the rifle, the fired cartridge casing, two of the three

1:47.0

unfired cartridges, and the towel.

1:51.1

Okay, well, the actual charging documents carried an enormous number more details.

1:58.3

Those charging documents point out that at the moment of the shot, a UVU political

2:04.1

police officer, rather, was watching the crowd from an elevated vantage point. As soon as he heard

2:08.1

the shot, he began to scan the area for threats. Believing the shot came from a rifle because

2:11.5

of its sound. He looked for potential sniper positions. He noted a roof area approximately 160 yards

2:16.1

away from Charlie as a potential

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