Brandon Tatum Confronts Wild Conspiracy Theories After Charlie Kirk Assassination and Defends Security Team

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Brandon Tatum Confronts Wild Conspiracy Theories After Charlie Kirk Assassination and Defends Security Team

Brandon Tatum addresses the conspiracy theories circulating after Charlie Kirk's assassination at Utah Valley University, specifically debunking claims about tunnels, security failures, and cover-ups. Tatum, who considered Kirk a close friend, defends the security team, explains proper investigation protocols, and urges people to trust the federal investigation under Trump and Kash Patel. He emphasizes that Kirk is one of the biggest martyrs in history, with billions watching his death, and warns that spreading baseless conspiracies compromises the investigation and disrespects those who loved Charlie.

September 26, 2025

The Absurdity of Tunnel Conspiracy Theories

Brandon Tatum opens by addressing one of the most ridiculous conspiracy theories circulating: that someone emerged from a tunnel like the Ninja Turtles, shot Charlie Kirk in the neck, and disappeared without anyone noticing. He expresses frustration that people he previously trusted, including tactical professionals and military veterans, are pushing these theories for clicks and money rather than waiting for actual evidence.

"I guess people are saying that somebody popped out a tunnel like the Ninja Turtles and shot Charlie in the neck without nobody knowing and the bullet went like up and then went down and around and then went out to the parking lot, came back in with some velocity and hit Charlie in the neck," Tatum explains incredulously. He points out that what people are seeing is likely irrigation systems, lighting infrastructure, or sewage drainage—not secret assassination tunnels.

Tatum emphasizes the illogical nature of these claims: Charlie Kirk walked directly over the supposed tunnel location, his seven-person security team was standing right there, and multiple cameras were recording. The idea that someone could pop out, aim and fire a rifle with a suppressor, and disappear undetected is simply impossible.

Defending Charlie Kirk's Security Team

Tatum passionately defends Charlie Kirk's security team, who he describes as elite professionals who loved Charlie like a brother. He explains that these individuals have been with Charlie for many years and would have prevented him from even leaving the vehicle if they suspected any danger.

"We have an elite force of people who are supporting Charlie at all times. And had they even known or suspected that there would be even an element of danger that day in Utah, they wouldn't have even let him out of the car, off the plane, you know, into public life," he states.

The security arrangements involved coordination between Charlie's personal protection team and Utah Valley University police. The university police department was responsible for protecting the campus perimeter, rooftops, and surrounding areas, while Charlie's team handled personal protection. Tatum notes that when working with partner agencies, you're depending on them to fulfill their responsibilities.

He expresses deep concern for the security team members who are being unfairly targeted online with wild accusations. These are people who were the first to try to save Charlie's life and who would take a bullet or jump in front of a car for him. Tatum calls for prayers for the security team rather than baseless attacks.

The Camera Footage Controversy

Another conspiracy theory gaining traction involves the video team member who removed SD cards from cameras immediately after the shooting. Turning Point USA addressed this directly, explaining that this individual has been with them from the beginning and loved Charlie like a brother.

When asked why he grabbed the SD cards, the team member explained: "Because I know people can be evil." He wanted to protect the footage from being stolen by opportunistic individuals. Tatum notes that people were actually stealing hats off tables in the chaos following the shooting, so securing the camera equipment and footage was the smart decision.

"He made the smart decision to say let me secure the camera footage so nobody steal it," Tatum explains. "Because people will steal the camera and then they'll put it on the dark web where they got Charlie getting his neck blown out and they putting it all out. They selling it to people."

The footage was immediately turned over to the FBI. Tatum defends this team member, who he personally knows and has worked with at numerous events, noting that the man just witnessed his friend being killed and is now being attacked online for doing the right thing.

Understanding Investigation Protocols

Tatum takes time to educate viewers on proper investigation protocols, explaining why certain things happen the way they do. He addresses complaints about the lack of immediate crime scene tape, explaining that when an active shooter situation is unfolding, the priority is eliminating the threat, not setting up perimeter tape.

"A shooting occurred. Cops are trying to eliminate the threat. They don't know if it's multiple shooters. They don't know if they can find the shooter. They got people distracting them. They don't have time to come set up a crime scene tape," he explains.

Crime scene establishment works from the outside in, he clarifies. Investigators first establish a large perimeter to keep media and crowds at bay, then gradually make the secured area smaller as they identify specific locations where evidence exists. This process takes time and follows established protocols.

Regarding the hand signals seen in footage, Tatum dismisses these theories as well, noting that Frank Turek was one of the people making hand signals and that the video team has been with Turning Point USA for years. These are trusted individuals who have worked countless events.

The Ballistics Question: .30-06 Ammunition

Tatum addresses questions about whether a .30-06 round could have caused the injuries Charlie sustained without creating an exit wound. He acknowledges that he personally has never fired a .30-06, having only experience with 5.56, .223, .308, and 7.62 rounds from his AK (which he admits he hates).

He explains what he's learned from research and from speaking with tactical individuals and hunters: a .30-06 round doesn't reach maximum velocity immediately. Within 150-200 feet, it hasn't achieved the full momentum and inertia that makes it so devastating at longer ranges when hunting large animals like elk or moose at 600 yards.

"The question is, did it reach maximum velocity to do the damage to Charlie that people see it due to elk and all these other big heavy animals?" Tatum asks. He notes that the medical examiner or surgeon indicated the bullet entered, was lodged, and the spinal cord stopped it—information that typically comes from an autopsy rather than an emergency room doctor trying to save someone's life.

Tatum suggests that for those who find it impossible that a .30-06 could be stopped by Charlie's body, perhaps this itself is a testimony to God's involvement: "Maybe to some of y'all this is a testimony that God has was a part of this and God knew what he was doing when this happened."

The Danger of Tampering with Evidence

Tatum provides crucial information about evidence handling and why people need to stop soliciting footage or information outside official channels. He explains several ways that well-meaning conspiracy theorists could actually harm the investigation:

  • If you have evidence on your phone, your phone becomes evidence that can be seized
  • Making copies of evidence without disclosure could be considered tampering
  • Coercing others to share evidence could result in criminal charges
  • Widely distributing evidence could make it inadmissible in court
  • Compromising the chain of custody makes evidence unusable

"You start tampering with evidence. You start soliciting evidence. You start going after people and intimidating them to give you evidence. You could go to jail," Tatum warns. He emphasizes that if people love Charlie, they need to let investigators do their work without interference.

He reminds viewers that they can eventually request evidence through Freedom of Information Act requests once the investigation is complete and it won't damage the prosecution. There's no need to extract evidence illegally when the government is legally required to provide it once appropriate.

Why Trust This Investigation

Tatum makes a compelling argument for why people should trust this particular investigation, despite legitimate concerns about government failures in other cases like Jeffrey Epstein. He points to several key factors:

President Donald Trump, who Charlie Kirk helped get elected multiple times, personally chose the people leading this investigation. Trump knew and loved Charlie, who volunteered in Trump's first election and became the driving force for young voter turnout in subsequent elections.

"Do you think that Donald Trump would let this young man whom he loved get a have a botched investigation?" Tatum asks. "Donald Trump chose Kash Patel. Donald Trump picked all these other individuals. And you think all these people are conspiring against the biggest most prominent martyr to ever live in American history?"

Tatum emphasizes Charlie Kirk's unprecedented status as a martyr: "Charlie Kirk is the biggest and most prominent martyr of the faith to ever live outside of Jesus to ever live." He notes that billions of people watched Charlie's death happen in real time—something that didn't occur even with Jesus Christ. Hundreds of millions are watching his content, and millions who never knew Charlie or thought about Christ are now following him on social media.

The idea that Trump and Kash Patel would cover up the assassination of such an important figure—someone who helped secure Trump's presidency—is absurd to Tatum.

The Evidence Actually Points to the Suspect

Tatum walks through the substantial evidence already publicly known about the suspect in custody:

  • He was at the location during the crime
  • He sent text messages to his lover about the shooting
  • He made statements on Discord about being radicalized
  • His father turned him in and said his son did it
  • A sheriff deputy who lived near the suspect called authorities after being notified by the suspect's father
  • The suspect confessed to his parents and wanted to surrender without violence
  • The vehicle evidence matches the suspect's vehicle
  • The gun belonged to his grandfather
  • The bullet was recovered and can be matched to the specific firearm through rifling analysis

Tatum points out the absurdity of thinking the government is simultaneously smart enough to orchestrate this massive conspiracy involving dozens of people over months or years, yet dumb enough to release text message evidence that doesn't make sense or could give them away.

"Y'all think these people are smart enough to pull off the biggest assassination in world history, but they're not smart enough to read a text thread that will give them away," he says. "Man, you could do a ChatGPT that give you a text that you want."

If It Was a Cover-Up, They'd Do It Differently

Tatum makes a critical point: if the government actually wanted to cover this up, they would handle it completely differently. They wouldn't need to show the public text messages, gun details, or any specifics about the evidence—they could simply say they have the perpetrator in custody and provide no details until trial.

Most importantly, regarding the recovered bullet: "If they wanted to lie to you, they would have said they couldn't find the bullet." Every bullet has a unique signature from the rifling of the gun that fired it, essentially like a DNA sample. With a recovered bullet, forensic experts will test-fire the suspect's gun and compare the rifling patterns under magnification to definitively prove which gun fired the bullet that killed Charlie.

"If they wanted to cover it up, they didn't never show you that no bullet would exist," Tatum emphasizes. The existence of recoverable ballistic evidence actually makes a cover-up much more difficult, not easier.

The Surgeon's Statement About the Bullet

Tatum addresses the statement from Andrew Kolvet, executive producer of the Charlie Kirk Show and TPUSA spokesperson, who spoke with the surgeon who worked on Charlie. The surgeon confirmed there was no exit wound—the bullet should have gone through Charlie's body but didn't. It was found just beneath the skin.

The surgeon called it "an absolute miracle that someone else didn't get killed" and noted that even in death, Charlie managed to save the lives of those around him by stopping the bullet.

Conspiracy theorists are now claiming this is a lie, which Tatum finds offensive and illogical. "Why in the world would Andrew lie about this, y'all?" he asks. Andrew was one of Charlie's best friends, someone who did the show with him every day. The idea that Andrew would accept anything but the truth about his best friend's death, or that he's somehow part of a cover-up, is absurd.

Tatum explains that autopsy protocols involve multiple people—someone performing the autopsy and others witnessing and signing off on it. The bullet recovery would be documented by multiple professionals, not just one person who could be bought off. "There are protocols in place. People they can't just say, 'I found a bullet.' They have to perform an autopsy. People have to witness the autopsy."

Charlie Kirk Meant Something Personal

Tatum gets emotional discussing his personal relationship with Charlie Kirk, pushing back against accusations that he's a "sellout" for defending the official investigation:

"I care about Charlie. I don't know how everybody else feel. I care about Charlie. I consider Charlie a friend to me," he states. "I never said no to Charlie because I love Charlie and I respected that man. And I would go to war for Charlie."

He explains that while they didn't talk every day, there are people you know and love where you don't need constant communication—when that phone call comes in, you're there. When Charlie was called a racist, Tatum stood up for him because he knew who Charlie really was.

"Ain't no way in the world if I thought that this was made up would I defend stupid stuff because Charlie mean more to me than this killer and the government. I don't know people in the government," Tatum declares. He finds it insulting that people think he would defend a cover-up given his relationship with Charlie.

He's particularly upset that people close to Charlie—Andrew Kolvet, Frank Turek, the video team, the security team—are all being accused of being part of some conspiracy when these were Charlie's closest friends and protectors who risked their lives for him for years.

Stop Cheapening Charlie's Life

Tatum's central message is that people need to stop "cheapening Charlie Kirk's life by coming up with these crazy conspiracies outside of unequivocal evidence." He's not saying people can't ask questions, but committing to conspiracy theories without evidence is harmful in multiple ways:

  • It attacks innocent people who loved Charlie (security team, video crew, Andrew Kolvet, Frank Turek)
  • It potentially compromises the investigation and could make evidence inadmissible
  • It could help the actual perpetrator's defense by creating confusion
  • It disrespects Charlie's memory by turning his death into clickbait content
  • It undermines public trust in a legitimate investigation under a friendly administration

Tatum acknowledges that many people pushing these theories are doing it for money and clicks, not because they genuinely believe them. He's seen YouTubers and content creators he previously trusted jumping on conspiracy bandwagon theories for engagement.

"Charlie Kirk has become another mean for some of y'all. Another means to gaining money and influence," he observes sadly. "At least wait till the investigation is over before you start making comments."

The Investigation Will Reveal the Truth

Tatum concludes by emphasizing that all of this information will come out in court when the suspect goes to trial. The autopsy will be presented as evidence. The ballistics analysis will be shown. The text messages, Discord posts, witness statements, and all other evidence will be part of the public record.

"This stuff is going to come up in court to put this guy away and give him a death penalty, you got to show the autopsy," he explains. If there are inconsistencies or cover-ups, they will be exposed during the trial process.

His message is clear: let the investigators do their work. Trust that President Trump and Kash Patel, who both cared about Charlie Kirk, will ensure a thorough and honest investigation. Wait for evidence before declaring conspiracies. And most importantly, stop attacking the people who loved Charlie and are grieving his loss while simultaneously being accused of being complicit in his murder.

The real way to honor Charlie Kirk's memory is to demand justice through proper channels, support his family and friends during this impossible time, and allow the legal system to work so that the person responsible can be held fully accountable.

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