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Candace Owens and Andrew Wilson Debate the DNA and Ballistics Evidence Against Tyler Robinson
Candace Owens and Andrew Wilson clash over how confident they are that Tyler Robinson shot and killed Charlie Kirk, with Wilson placing the likelihood at 75 to 85 percent based on the evidence presented so far, while Owens says she is at zero percent that Robinson was the shooter, though she does not rule out that he was involved that day in some other capacity. The two debate whether a .30-06 rifle round could have caused Kirk's neck wound, with Owens arguing the injury is inconsistent with that caliber and Wilson countering that a fragmenting soft-point round could easily account for it. They also dig into forensic testimony about fingerprints recovered from the rifle, with Owens pointing to testimony that Robinson's prints were the most degraded among five or more sets found on the weapon as possible evidence he was set up, while Wilson argues that inference does not amount to proof. The debate turns at points to Utah's Rule 1102, which governs what kind of hearsay evidence can be presented at a preliminary hearing, as both sides argue over how much weight the state's evidence should be given ahead of trial.
Starkly Different Confidence Levels
Asked to rate the likelihood that Tyler Robinson shot and killed Charlie Kirk on a scale of zero to 100, Andrew Wilson places it at 75 to 85 percent based on the evidence presented so far. Candace Owens says she is at zero percent that Robinson was the shooter, while clarifying she does believe he may have been involved in some other capacity that day.
Disputing the Ballistics
Owens says she is not convinced Kirk was shot by a .30-06 rifle, arguing the nature of the wound does not fit that caliber, while acknowledging Kirk was struck by some kind of projectile. Wilson counters that a 150-grain Remington Core-Lokt soft-point round could fragment on impact and cause exactly this type of injury, and cites a summary from the medical examiner describing the bullet's path through Kirk's neck, severing his cervical spinal cord and major blood vessels.
Fingerprints and DNA on the Rifle
The debate turns to forensic testimony describing five or more sets of fingerprints recovered from the rifle's trigger, including elimination samples taken from Matt Robinson, Amber Robinson, and Lance Twiggs. Owens highlights testimony that Tyler Robinson's prints were the most degraded among those recovered, suggesting this supports her theory that he may have been set up, particularly given her claim that the rifle was a rarely used family heirloom. Wilson argues that Owens has not shown how degraded prints connect to a setup theory, calling the inference conjecture rather than evidence.
A Disputed Alibi
Owens references a claim that Robinson was hours away at a steakhouse near his grandparents' home around the time of the shooting, citing a conversation with the restaurant's owner and an unedited receipt she says she has seen, though she acknowledges it was not given to her directly by the owner.
A Dispute Over Utah's Hearsay Rule
The two disagree over how much weight to give testimony from the preliminary hearing, with Wilson arguing that Utah's Rule 1102 allows reliable hearsay to be presented at preliminary hearings specifically so the state can show it has enough to proceed to trial, while Owens argues this means much of what was presented would not be admissible at trial itself and that both sides are equally entitled to draw inferences from the available evidence.
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Between zero to 100, what is the
likelihood that you think Tyler Robinson
shot Charlie Kirk and killed him?
>> Based on the evidence right now, um, I
don't know. I'd say 75 85%.
>> Candace,
>> 0%.
>> 0%.
>> I'm at zero. So, with what we've seen in
terms of the evidence, I'm at 0%.
>> So, not not only, you know, that maybe
somebody was behind him as a pathy
influencing him, you're not even saying
that he didn't even shoot Charlie Kirk,
>> right? I would if you said was he
involved that day as I have consistently
said on my platform I would say yes he
was.
>> I I don't know what role he played but
as the shooter 0%.
>> Do you have any evidence for it?
>> Uh for what my percentage
>> the fact that he didn't he didn't shoot
and kill Charlie Kirk?
>> Yes. Which I'm hoping we're going to get
to all of the evidence that he feels
that he has. I mean I don't I'm not even
convinced that Charlie was shot from the
rooftop on Losi that day based on the
evidence that has been
>> Do you think he was shot? I I do not
think that Charlie was shot from a 30
six from
>> just shot at all.
>> I don't I don't know. I I think that a
projectile hit Charlie and I'm open to
other people's presentations, but I have
not seen any compelling evidence that
Charlie was shot by a 30 six.
>> Can we see maybe if we're going to uh
have an olive branch to each other if
maybe we can establish what we consider
the facts of the case to be first?
>> Yeah, sure.
>> Okay. So you don't you you're not sure
if he was actually shot. You're open to
alternative theories.
>> I he was definitely hit with a
projectile of some description. If we're
talking about was he shot from a gun, a
306, I would say definitively no.
>> Okay.
>> It defies it defies common sense to
think that he had a Superman neck. And
even if he did have a Superman neck,
which has been demonstrated, I think
actually recently a YouTuber actually
set up Spalhalla steel cages and shot it
and it went through. So
>> under no circumstance will I
>> So at least not a 30 six
>> definitively not a 300
ft. No,
>> but you're not necessarily closing off
the avenue that he could have been shot
at all
>> with maybe a smaller
>> smaller caliber. Okay. And then um
there's some things that I'm going to
make concessions on that I do think we
need more answers on and I'm fine with
that and we can get to those things as
well. The other thing is in the
timeline, one of the things that we
dispute I think on the timeline
>> is that you think that uh Robinson drove
hours away to a steakhouse
>> in the timeline. Is that correct?
>> Yes.
>> Okay. And what's the compelling evidence
that you think you have there?
>> I spoke to the owner of the restaurant.
Mhm.
>> Um and I u have seen the receipt. I know
the conversation that I had and uh I
think it's enough that you know it will
be presented obviously if this goes to
trial but yes I do believe that he was
in Panguage which is near his
grandparents home.
>> Did he give you an unedited copy of that
receipt?
>> I have seen an unedited copy copy of
that receipt. It was not given to me
from the owner. But I want to before you
we get into like all the timeline stuff,
I want to address what you think is
evidence so we can keep this on par with
what your claim is since
>> Well, I think that that's a piece of
evidence that's in dispute and that's
why I'm
>> Yeah, but we're we're trying to get to
whether there's overwhelming evidence
that Tyler Robinson did this. Yeah.
If you want to use the first part of
that for the internal critique,
>> we should go over the actual evidence
that we feel
>> the first reason that I think and I
think it's compelling evidence is that
Tyler Robinson's rifle was found uh near
the crime scene. So, I would consider
that to be very good evidence. And also,
the fact of the matter is is that I
dispute this claim that a 306 could not
have made this wound. I think that
that's absurd. 150 grain Remington
corlocked. absolutely could shatter when
it hits the neck of any human being.
When you say that there's some steel
neck and it's a smaller caliber, you
have to make a counter explanation. Why
wouldn't a smaller caliber also go
through bone?
>> It could. I didn't say it can't.
>> Right. Exactly. So, if that's the case,
then ammunition is going to be the
critical key here. And if we have
frangible ammunition, which we do in
this case, a flex tip round, well, I'm
sorry, not a flex tip, a soft point
round from a 150 grain Remington core
lock, that's just a small jacket that
goes around the actual lead piece.
These, this thing could have split apart
in air for all we know, but definitely
upon impact. And we have the medical
examiner who confirms this in a summary,
and my team can bring that up, the
summarization, which means he would have
to be a part of some kind of conspiracy
as well.
>> Okay. So, just to start with your point
about saying that the gun was found near
him, I mean, uh, near Loy Center or I
guess off in the woods. That gun, did
you watch the the testimony? Did you I'm
Did you watch the preliminary hearing?
>> Covered it live. Yeah.
>> Okay. So, forgetting what the summary of
the medical report was, did you watch
the testimony that was given by the uh
Caitlyn Oliver, the ATF woman, Samantha
Carer, any of those people who went into
the science of
>> Yes, I recall. You're talking about
>> the bullet analysis.
>> Yeah. When they went into the DNA.
>> Okay. So,
>> that's kind of the most relevant part.
Okay.
>> I'm not denying I've never denied on my
platform or anywhere else that a gun
owned by Tyler Robinson was found near
the crime scene, right?
>> That doesn't that doesn't remove if you
think somebody set up as a psy you could
take a gun out of this room right now
and you could walk out and plant it in a
woods near a crime scene. That's not
convincing evidence to me.
>> I concur. I concur with the fact that
that's a possibility. So you are you I
think have said on a platform that you
were a gunsmith.
>> Mhm.
>> Okay. And for how many years?
>> Many many years.
>> For many years. You also said that you
were an army sniper.
>> I wasn't a sniper in the army. Okay.
>> And I never said that. But
>> sorry. Your wife tweeted that you were
an army sniper.
>> Yeah. I don't know. Like 15 years ago,
she said something. Does it change 15
years later?
>> She said that it was colloquial. So
>> Army sniper is a colloquial term.
>> Yeah. I'm not an I was never an army
sniper.
>> Okay. Um what did you do in the army?
Did you teach this? She then I corrected
it and said you taught rifles in the
army.
>> Not no I didn't teach rifle. No, I
taught rifles as a private citizen.
>> Okay.
>> Mhm.
>> Uh
>> and I was an NRA instructor for many
many many years alongside my my gun shop
>> as with your expertise when
>> she uh gave testimony on the stander
that there was dust and there was debris
>> that was found in the gun barrel. Y
>> and then when we had the person who and
this was I believe Caitlyn Oliver who
explained painfully about the DNA the
prince.
>> Well, let's start with a point.
>> I'm not done. You you said something so
I'm going to finish my thought. Right.
>> You don't want to do a point in time.
>> No. Well, sure. If you want to respond
to I want you to respond to two points.
I want I want you to start with two
points. Okay.
>> Dust and debris in the gun barrel.
>> Yeah. Secondly, the fact that there were
five sets of prints, five plus actually
by the end of the testimony, five sets
of prints, uh, for which we already had
the woman who worked for the FBI
forensics testify that above two prints,
if you're taking a sample,
>> it it's no longer a science, right? She
testified that when they took the sample
of what was on the trigger, they saw
five plus prints. And among those five
plus prints, Tyler Robinson's was the
most degraded. Mhm.
>> So, I would like you to explain how
Tyler Robinson's prints could be the
most degraded when she said, "Actually,
you could have DNA on something that
you've touched. You could have DNA on
something that you've never touched."
And to get DNA degradation, we've
they've looked at pieces um items 20, 40
years on that don't have degradation.
Yet, Tyler Robinson's prints amongst
five plus other prints were the most
degraded on that weapon.
>> Yeah. So, let's get into all three of
the claims. First with debris. When it
comes to debris, firing a rifle doesn't
always blow the debris out of the
barrel.
>> Okay. That I I
>> You think there could be debris? Uh I'm
sorry. Debris and dust.
>> Yeah.
>> He just fired the weapon.
>> Okay.
>> Not only that, he left it in a forest.
>> Now, I don't know if if you agree with
me, but if you leave a rifle in a wooded
area, it's also possible that debris
could get in that way. But I'm not even
sure that that's what the case is. I
think it's far more likely that he fired
the shot. It just didn't blow all the
debris out. And it often doesn't. You'll
find this if you if you take Grand
Papy's, you know, dirty rifle and it's
all dusty inside the bore and you go
fire it. You'll often look down the
board and there's still dust.
>> Okay.
>> Happens all the time.
>> Okay. And the prince?
>> Yeah. So, the prince we don't know all
of the details on just yet.
>> We do. It was It was excruciatingly long
testimony.
>> We don't because they haven't gone to
trial. So, we don't know uh on the print
front, but Tyler Robinson's DNA was on
there. You made the claim that Lance
Twig's DNA was on there and it was not.
>> Uh, well, when she gave the testimony.
No, hold on. First, let's go to your
first point cuz that's wrong. We can get
a fact check on that. What do you mean
we don't know until it goes to trial
about the degraded prince? She testified
and this is the person who who took the
prince.
>> Yes. But the problem is is that inside
of this particular testimony, you agree
with me that there's going to be much
more of the DNA analysis trial, right?
>> But you also would agree that her fact
is not going to change that among the
prince, his was the most degraded. So,
I'm asking you to address that. How
could that be possible? Let's give it um
let's just grant this for a second as a
possibility that his fingerprints were
degraded.
>> It's not a possibility. It's it's a
fact. The person who took I'm just
granting it for the sake of argument.
>> You should grant it because it's a fact.
>> So now So now So now it's granted. So
what?
>> What do you mean so what?
>> Yeah. So what? What does that prove?
>> It proves that if his prince were the
most degraded amongst five of them.
>> You're going to have to explain how
that's possible if he's the one that
recently fired the weapon.
Yeah. So, wait a second. You're saying
that it's an impossibility that if his
fingerprints are the most degraded,
you're you're the gunsmith.
>> Well, wait a second. How would a
gunsmith give an analysis on
fingerprints or DNA? Do you think that
I've worked in a DNA laboratory?
>> So, your answer is I don't know. You can
just say you don't know. You don't have
to.
>> But I did. But I did.
>> No, you said so what? So say I don't
know. I actually don't have an
explanation for that. Candace is my
question. Well, I think that what it
would prove is that it is a more viable
theory that people who had stronger
prints on the gun may have used it more
recently.
>> Did they tell did they say who else had
fingerprints on the gun?
>> They named Matt Robinson explicitly and
then and this was a part of the
testimony where she was speaking about
how they got samples of um elimination
samples from the home of Amber Robinson,
Matt Robinson, and Lance Twigs. So,
those were the three names they named.
So, are you saying that Twix?
>> Would you like me to finish my
statement?
>> I just want to make sure I'm clarifying.
>> I'm I'm I'm trying to finish the answer,
but it can't be clarified until the
answer comes out of my mouth.
>> Okay. So, go ahead. This was a portion
of her testimony where she was
explaining how they got elimination
samples from the home. And she named
Matt Robinson, Amber Robinson, and Lance
Twigs as the elimination samples that
she was using. Um, and so she explicitly
said she said some of them some, so we
can assume two out of the three
>> uh were their prints were found on the
gun. She explicitly named Matt Robinson
um as someone who had prints on the gun
and then said there were five people
that they had taken that sample from.
And again, what's also relevant here is
the earlier testimony uh which came from
uh the FBI forensics analyst. I believe
it was on day two where she said that
when you're using those mixtures and
those samples and you get up to five
plus, it's really hard to make any sort
of a determination. So, both of those
things are relevant. If you can't
explain why his prints are the most
degraded and you're saying he is the
shooter, it's not really a so what, it's
an open-ended question that people have
a right to pursue. It's not a
conspiracy. It's actually proof of my
claim that there is evidence that he was
set up as a pathy.
>> That wouldn't prove anything about him
being a psy. It said it's evidence it to
support the claim that he could have
been set up as a
>> patchy. So this is why I said earlier,
so what because even if it's the case,
this doesn't have an explanation for it
yet. That doesn't actually give you any
evidence in your corner for Tyler
Robinson being a psych.
>> Hang on, hang on, hang on. I didn't cut
you off,
>> right? You would need to actually
explain how this would demonstrate Tyler
Robinson. This is tied into to Robinson
being a pathy. Are you claiming that
these fingerprints were Lance Twigs or
that he had any DNA there? I I'm saying
that it could be Matt Robinson. It could
be Amber Robinson. That sort of
information is going to come out during
the trial.
>> How would that tie into the idea that
he's a psych?
>> Yes. Because if his is the most degraded
prince and the information that I shared
on my platform is true that this gun was
given to Tyler Robinson as an heirloom.
I had conversation with members of the
Robinson family, Twigs family, both of
them. You know, like I said, we're not
just dreaming. Um, and if we're having
those conversations and they told me
that that gun was only given to Tyler
Robinson because it was a family
heirloom. Okay. So, it was his
grandfather's gun or great-grandfather's
gun. I don't remember the difference.
Uh, I don't remember which one it was.
And so, he got it because he's the
firstborn. So, but he's not much of a
shooter is what I was told. Uh, and so
he has this because he inherited it
essentially. So, if I get something from
my grandpa and I put it up on the shelf
and I own this, you could see that could
be
>> How do we get to the patchy part? But
you don't let me ever get to the end of
the sentence. So, how could we get to
the psy part if I can't get to the end
patiently till we get
>> So, that could be a reasonable
explanation as to why there was dust in
the barrel because he doesn't often
shoot this weapon and he is indeed a
fisher. Um, and it could also be a
reasonable explanation for why we have
Matt Robinson's prints on this.
Obviously, Lance Twigs, even if he has
prints on things, they live together.
That doesn't really mean anything. But
that could demonstrate that somebody
took his weapon and put it somewhere.
His prints are the most degraded.
somebody else's prints there. There's
more presence of somebody else's prints
and that could demonstrate that somebody
is taking items from his house and
putting it into very
>> but it also could demonstrate nothing.
So the problem the problem that you have
here is that this is pure conjecture.
This is hang on. This is not evidence
that Tyler Robinson is Apache. It's only
evidence that you have conjectured up
that uh well if it's the case that these
are the the more degradated prints then
therefore that means must be psy
parents finger dad's fingerprints on
guns must be
>> describe how this actually links in to
Robinson being a psy
>> okay I just described that for you so
I'm not I can explain it to you but I
can't understand it for you so I'm going
to move on from that uh but to just go
back to your point about this is not
evidence uh You can't make that claim
because you're the entire basis for why
you think that there is evidence for
Tyler Robinson being the person that
took the shot is based off of a hearing
under Utah 1102 rules. Meaning that they
are doing the exact same thing that I am
doing. This is the state. You said
you're here to represent the state.
Well, did you watch the preliminary?
>> No, I didn't say I was here to represent
the state.
>> The state's position you think is strong
and convincing.
>> What I'm here to do is represent my own
opinion, which is said in your opening
statement based on the evidence
presented so far by the state. state has
presented evidence under Utah's 1102
rule.
>> But this doesn't demonstrate any
patching.
>> No, that's very important because that
rule is hearsay. So you can't say at the
same time, Candace, you're not allowed
to. And and what that means under the
Utah rule, which I'm sure you know cuz
I'm sure you watched the preliminary
hearing and yourself understand what
that means is that the entire hearing
was hearsay. It means none of that
information that was presented is going
to be allowed. The majority of it, the
overwhelming majority of it is is not
going to be allowed at the trial.
They're allowed to present when it's
this appropriative hearing.
>> I don't think all the evidence that was
that was put in was hearsay.
>> Okay. You didn't watch this case.
>> But not only that. No,
>> no, no. That's this is a huge point.
This
>> I want you call for a fact check if all
the evidence need more than a fact
check. This was every single day.
They want to go there. So they said they
had there's a medical examiner's
explanation of the shooting
>> that's in the back. Rob, if you want to
pull it up and then Candace, if anybody
from your team wants to pull something
up, no problem as well, but they're
requesting it. If you guys got it, pull
it up uh so we can show it. And in the
interim, can is that it?
>> Yeah. So, I'll read this.
>> Just what what are we looking at? Just
so we know.
>> Yeah. So, the this says the bullet or at
least part of it sequentially perforated
the interior left of Mr. Kirk's neck,
strap muscles of the left side of the
neck. This is a summary, by the way. Uh
left common uh carttoid on the left
internal external jugular veins. The
bullet also obliterated the left side
C27 vertebrae, transacted the cervical
spinal cord. Medical examiner observed a
significant portion of Kirk's cervical
spinal cord was traumatically absent.
Mr. Kirk suffered from other severe
injuries including bilateral apical and
posterior intercausal hemorrhages,
pulmonary apical hemorrhages, multiple
disruptions to the thyroid, etc., etc.
So there the summary of the examination
is that he was shot. Okay,
>> that was what they were pulling that up
for.
>> Okay. And I don't I'm not disputing that
he could have been hit with a
projectile. I we're not disputing that.
So, I don't know why this was brought up
as a fact check. Uh could you bring up
1102 Utah rule? Cuz this is an
unbelievable point that you're making by
saying that I am not allowed to infer
off of evidence.
>> You can infer. I'm trying to follow the
inference.
>> No, but your your entire reason like you
you asserted that you believe there's
overwhelming evidence on the basis of
what we saw in the preliminary hearing.
The entire preliminary hearing was
hearsay.
>> Yeah, I'm fine with your inference.
>> But no, no, you just literally said I
couldn't do that. Yes, I can.
>> No, I didn't. I'm just saying from your
inference, how do we get to PY?
>> This is how you got to shooter. The
Tyler Robinson did it. The same way you
got to shoot from that. Yes, you did.
You You again, we This is something
important. So, we should pull up a fact
check about what the 1102 Utah under
their constitution for the sake of a
preliminary hearing. They do not have to
have hard evidence. They don't have to
put people on the trial for them. But
no, no, that's why the entire hearing
was basically hearsay. Officer back and
not all of it. Like I said,
>> the overwhelming majority I mean outside
of the one that you don't that you
[clears throat] don't want to give me
though outside of No, that is what's in
dispute. It means that your entire brand
of saying you don't have evidence, you
don't have evidence falls apart when the
entire preliminary hearing is based off
of hearay. In fact, Lance's testimony
before they had about an hour debate,
actually maybe it was more than an hour
debate before he sat and they said,
"This is not going to be allowed. You
wouldn't even be allowed to do this.
We'd be able to cross-examine him. Uh
the questions that they're asking,
Lance, are all leading." And what did he
say? Well, I'm the magistrate under Utah
Constitution. You know, 11:02 it is my
job to allow all of this so we can see
if the state has enough here that we can
then move to a trial, which will then
they would not allow this stuff. They
would say we get to cross-examine Lance.
Lance will disputing.
>> No, but the entire substance of your
argument is that people can't infer off
of evidence. That's what you're saying
to me. You when you say Candace,
which is a fact infer off of that that
Tyler could have been a psych
making stuff up. So here's what the
position is. I'm making 112.
I am doing exactly what the state did. I
am looking at a piece of evidence and I
am saying
>> But you're not showing me how you get
there. you describe to the audience what
rule 112.
>> So this just so everybody who's watching
this at home understands what I am
saying even if he doesn't what Andrew is
arguing is that I don't have the right
to extrapolate from a stand like um
making it up
>> just purely making it up. I'm asking
based on based on your show my evidence.
You just showed yours. Reliable hearsay.
Reliable hearsay and criminal prelim
preliminary examinations. The entire
>> uh preliminary hearing that you just saw
was on the basis of reliable hearsay.
And what that means essentially is the
people who are making the statements can
just say Patrick told me that he did
this on Monday. Patrick's not here. Uh
and that is they they can allow that
into the hearing. That's just it because
it's just meant to be probitative and so
it's the state saying here's what we
have inferred. So you are allowed to
take a piece of evidence and then you
are allowed to infer off of that
evidence. Okay,
>> case in point that's a demonstration of
to give you that's a demonstration of
what I just did. I said the prince were
the most degraded off of Tyler Robinson.
And from that what I am inferring is
that it's plausible that Tyler Robinson
was set up.
>> That doesn't that's the point in
contention.
>> That's not a point in contention. That's
the point in content.
>> It's not a point in contention. If
you're saying it's a point, it is the
point in contention.
>> It's not the point in contention. I'm
telling you that was what the entire
hearing allowed for. So the evidence
that he is describing that he is using
to argue his case is all based on
inference, not fact.
>> Inference, not fact. So what they are
inferring off of the facts.
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