Leaked WhatsApp Messages Fuel Two Separate Post-Assassination Controversies Online
Showing 5 WhatsApp videos from Charlie Kirk's video collection.
Orthodox Jewish lawyer Josh Hammer went public with screenshots from a private WhatsApp group to clear his name after Candace Owens accused him of complicity in Charlie Kirk's death, revealing that Kirk had organized a call the night before he died specifically to strengthen his pro-Israel messaging ahead of upcoming campus tours. Hammer says the messages show Kirk's theological commitment to supporting the Jewish people was unwavering and that Owens took the conversation out of context in leveling her accusation. Separately, an Oxford Union president-elect faced a no-confidence vote after leaked WhatsApp group messages showed him celebrating Charlie Kirk's assassination, writing "let's effing go" upon learning the news; he later called a vote on his own removal in what commentators framed as an attempt to demonstrate humility, before contesting the outcome. The episode drew particular attention given that Kirk had debated the same student at Oxford Union shortly before his death, making the leaked messages a flashpoint for how his killing was received on elite university campuses abroad.