Tim Ballard: A Recurring Name in Candace Owens's Investigation

Showing 6 Tim Ballard videos from Charlie Kirk's video collection.

Tim Ballard, the founder of the anti-trafficking charity Operation Underground Railroad who left the organization in 2023 amid publicly reported sexual misconduct allegations unrelated to Charlie Kirk, became a recurring figure named across Candace Owens's ongoing investigation into Kirk's assassination. Owens has repeatedly claimed that Utah political figure Phil Lyman met with Ballard in the immediate aftermath of Kirk's death, describing the meeting as one of several unexplained connections she has traced among people she says surrounded Kirk and Turning Point USA in his final months.

Owens has also connected Ballard to Glenn Beck, who publicly supported and funded Operation Underground Railroad before Ballard's departure, and has referenced the charity repeatedly alongside other anti-trafficking organizations she suggests deserve closer scrutiny in relation to Kirk's inner circle. These specific claims connecting Ballard's meeting with Lyman to Kirk's death are Owens's own characterizations, resting on accounts she describes as coming from unnamed sources, and remain unverified and disputed. Ballard's documented public history is limited to his founding role at Operation Underground Railroad and the reported circumstances of his 2023 departure from it.