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Candace Owens dismantles Brian Harpole's implausible emergency room story about Charlie Kirk, examining medical evidence, witness contradictions, and potential explosive residue cover-up. She reveals how crowdsourced investigation identified Road Mic fragments at the scene and questions why crucial evidence disappeared. Plus, exclusive details on The DailyWire+'s financial distress, their failed $50 million Pendragon project, and desperate attempt to go public through an IPO after private equity firms refused to invest.

June 24, 2026

Brian Harpole's Implausible Hospital Story

Candace Owens challenges Brian Harpole's extraordinary account of what happened when Charlie Kirk arrived at the emergency room. According to Harpole's testimony, he grabbed a gurney, wheeled Charlie into a vacant room, jumped on top of him, and cut his shirt off with scissors—all while directing hospital staff on drugs and defibrillator use. Medical professionals from around the world have flooded Candace's show with comments explaining why this scenario violates every known hospital policy and protocol.

Emergency room nurses and doctors point out that only highly trained ER staff and surgeons enter trauma rooms with critical patients. Time is essential to save lives, and interference from visitors is strictly forbidden. The idea that a civilian would be allowed to take command of an emergency room, direct medical staff, and physically jump on top of a patient with scissors is not just implausible—it's absurd. Even in fictional medical dramas like Grey's Anatomy, such scenarios would be rejected for being unrealistic.

Viewers raised an additional absurdity: why would any adult-sized man need to physically jump on top of a gurney to cut a t-shirt off? Are medical professionals typically three feet tall? The story becomes more ridiculous the more one examines it. Candace suggests that Harpole's story serves a specific purpose—to explain why he was responsible for removing Charlie Kirk's shirt, which could be crucial evidence if the microphone was rigged to explode.

Crowdsourced Investigation Identifies Road Mic Fragments

Viewers of Candace's show have been instrumental in solving pieces of this puzzle through crowdsourced investigation. One viewer from France identified the USB logo on shattered glass fragments visible in photos from the SUV. By rotating a screenshot from Candace's video and comparing it to promotional shots of the Road Mic, they conclusively identified the fragments as belonging to Charlie's microphone.

This discovery supports the theory that Charlie's Road Mic was rigged to explode. The white residue on the black tempered glass shards, the pattern of the shatter, and now the identification of the USB logo all point toward the microphone as the source of the explosion. Opticians even wrote in to explain that sunglasses cannot shatter in this pattern due to safety regulations that prevent glass from getting into people's eyes.

The Car Ride: Conflicting Stories and Missing Evidence

Brian Harpole claims that during the approximately six-minute drive to the hospital, he was on his knees in the SUV with Charlie's legs hanging out the open door. According to Harpole, Rick Cutler held him steady by his shirt so he wouldn't fall out while the vehicle traveled at 60, 80, even 100 mph. Meanwhile, Frank Turek was supposedly just praying in the backseat.

Harpole states he used 36 feet of dressing to pack Charlie's neck wound—opening packages with his mouth while Rick held him steady. However, photographs of the SUV's interior show only one 4x4 EMS quick clot dressing package. Those packages measure just 10cm by 10cm, and dressing rolls are typically sold at just 4 yards per roll. If Harpole used 36 feet of dressing (12 yards), he would have needed at least three rolls, yet there's no evidence of this in the vehicle.

Frank Turek claims he attempted to perform CPR on Charlie during the car ride, but this contradicts Harpole's account and defies medical logic. Charlie was lying across two captain's chairs with his midsection elevated—you cannot perform effective CPR without a flat surface. Both of Brian's hands were occupied with the neck wound. The physical positioning makes Frank's CPR story impossible.

Why Did Frank Turek Need to Change Clothes?

Frank Turek entered the SUV through the trunk, climbing in cleanly without touching Charlie's body or coming into contact with the men transporting him. He was wearing a fresh white polo shirt. According to Brian Harpole's testimony, Frank simply prayed during the ride while Brian worked on Charlie's wounds. Given these facts, Frank should not have gotten blood on his clothing.

Yet Frank changed into hospital scrubs and threw away his clothes, explaining that he didn't want Erika to see the blood. This raises a critical question: how did Frank get so much blood on him that he needed to change? Photographs of the backseat where only Frank was sitting show blood on the leather seats, appearing as if someone wiped bloody hands across them. That person could only have been Frank Turek.

Candace theorizes that Frank leaned over to assist Brian in cutting Charlie's shirt off. Cutting through cotton with medical scissors requires tension—someone pulling the fabric taut while another person cuts. With Rick Cutler's hands occupied holding Brian steady so he wouldn't fall out of the moving vehicle, Frank may have provided this assistance. When they lifted Charlie to remove the shirt, all the shattered Road Mic glass fragments fell to the floor. This would explain Frank's blood-stained clothes and his need for a cover story about attempting CPR.

The Explosive Residue Theory

Explosive residue is extremely adhesive and transfers through even casual contact between people. The microscopic particles adhere to surfaces and clothing. If Charlie was killed by an explosive device, everyone who came into contact with his body would have explosive residue on their clothing. A bomb dog would detect this immediately.

This creates a serious evidentiary problem. Everyone who touched Charlie—Brian Harpole, Rick Cutler, Frank Turek, Dan Flood, Justin Davis—would need to dispose of their clothing to avoid detection. Remarkably, they all admitted to either throwing away their clothes or giving them to Erika. Frank Turek explained he didn't want Erika to see the blood. Brian Harpole cut off Charlie's shirt in the hospital (according to his implausible story) because he was worried about the defibrillator.

Every crucial piece of evidence that might contain explosive residue was destroyed or removed. The crime scene was repaved within days. Hospital surveillance footage was seized by the FBI. Charlie's cross necklace, microphone, and other personal effects were returned to Erika without proper evidence protocols. According to a former high-ranking police official who contacted Candace, only a district attorney can authorize the release of evidence back to family members. How did Erika obtain these items so quickly?

Brian Harpole's Defibrillator Excuse

Brian Harpole's stated reason for cutting Charlie's shirt—to prepare for a defibrillator—raises additional questions. Was he creating a preemptive explanation for potential chest bruising that might appear in the autopsy report? Defibrillation can leave marks on the chest. If there are unexplained marks or injuries, claiming they attempted defibrillation provides convenient cover.

Hospital emergency rooms have specific protocols for removing clothing from trauma patients. Medical staff use trauma shears and follow procedures designed to preserve evidence and maintain the chain of custody. The idea that a civilian would be allowed to perform this task, much less while jumping on top of the patient, is medically and legally absurd.

Erika Kirk's Dissociative Identity Disorder

Candace received numerous emails from individuals who have or had dissociative identity disorder after discussing Erika's completely different signatures and personality presentations. These viewers confirmed that DID typically develops from childhood trauma—watching a parent killed, severe abuse, or other devastating experiences that cause a person to develop the ability to completely dissociate.

According to the NHS website, dissociative disorders can show observable physical changes in the eyes, including a strained look, unblinking stares, or harsh eye widening. This occurs because dissociation interacts with the autonomic nervous system and trauma responses, altering facial tension, pupil dilation, and eye movements. People have consistently noticed Erika's unusual eye behavior—the harsh widening, the fixed blank stare, the appearance that she's not present.

Physical changes during dissociation include the "trauma stare" where the body's fight-or-flight system spikes, flooding the person with adrenaline and forcing the pupils to dilate and eyes to open harshly. Another indicator is the "fixed blank stare," a trance-like state where the person loses visual focus. These are signs that someone is switching between different personality states.

Multiple viewers with DID confirmed they experience memory gaps where they say contradictory things or become a different person entirely. This matches Erika's pattern of being anti-Israel one moment, then pro-Israel the next, or presenting completely different personalities in different contexts. The history of intentionally created DID goes back to CIA programs like MK-Ultra and Project Monarch, where government agencies conducted experiments to create people who could dissociate on command. In these cases, there is typically a "handler" who has the key to switch the person between different personalities.

The DailyWire+'s Financial Collapse

Semafor published an article revealing that The DailyWire+ is in serious financial distress and attempting to raise $100 million through strategic investors with plans for an IPO. Dave Rubin tweeted about the article, clearly having read only the headline, celebrating what he thought was good news. The actual headline reads: "Exclusive: DailyWire+, Under Pressure, Seeks Strategic Investors and Targets an IPO."

The DailyWire+ has been in rapid decline and is seeking a way out. After private equity firms refused to invest, they are now turning to High Mount Capital to help them raise money at an absurdly inflated valuation. The company is attempting a Hail Mary pass, hoping that individual investors will be foolish enough to buy shares in their struggling enterprise.

The article finally admits that Pendragon, Jeremy Boring's fantasy pet project, caused significant financial distress. They spent $50 million on just seven episodes—more per episode than HBO spent on the first season of Game of Thrones. This represents managerial mania and poor decision-making on a staggering scale. Candace has maintained that they actually spent closer to $60 million on the project.

Jeremy Boring tried to recover some of those losses by firing Candace in a very public way, hoping that taking a moral position against her "anti-Semitism" would lead to more subscriptions. Instead, it backfired and catalyzed their financial problems. Brett Cooper's exit later that same year added to their woes. At the end of 2024, they attempted to sell the company while artificially inflating subscription numbers through promotions like "buy one get one free," lifetime subscriptions at deep discounts, and "sign up today, don't pay until 2029" offers.

These tactics allow a struggling company to claim record subscription growth without generating actual profit. It's similar to a going-out-of-business sale—you can claim your "highest day of revenue" while offering everything for a dollar. Semafor produced a chart showing The DailyWire+'s decline in revenue growth, subscriber growth, and advertising revenue, with the most dramatic drops occurring in the year after Candace's departure.

Why The DailyWire+ Is Failing

The fundamental problem is that The DailyWire+ treats disagreement as a declaration of war. From the top down, the company operates like a cult rather than a media enterprise. Ben Shapiro views any disagreement as a personal attack. Their editor-in-chief spends time throwing insults at 19-year-olds on Twitter, calling them Hitler and anti-Semites for discussing topics like the USS Liberty.

This approach is unsustainable. A company cannot survive when it alienates everyone who doesn't agree completely with its positions. The DailyWire+ has spent years calling its own potential audience anti-Semites, literally Hitler, and idiots for questioning narratives about Israel or expressing faith through statements like "Christ is King." Now they want these same people to invest in their IPO and pick up the tab for their failures.

The company claims $48 million in "adjusted EBITDA," but that adjustment is key—it means they calculated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, then added back various expenses to make the number look better. Without seeing their actual books, these adjusted figures are essentially meaningless. The IPO represents a last-ditch effort to turn to individual investors and convince them to fund a failing enterprise, similar to a meme coin that enriches those at the top while leaving ordinary investors holding worthless shares.

Dave Rubin's Intellectual Shortcomings

Dave Rubin recently appeared on Jubilee's debate show and was thoroughly embarrassed, particularly on topics of Israel and Trump's administration. He appeared unable to articulate a single metric that Trump had improved, stumbling through answers about GDP, unemployment, and inflation without providing any concrete examples. When asked what Trump had accomplished, Rubin could only respond with "Listen" before trailing off into nothing.

Rubin also demonstrated complete ignorance about the situation in Gaza, falsely claiming the war was over, there were no Israeli forces in Gaza, all hostages were home, and reconstruction had begun. His debate opponent fact-checked him in real-time, pointing out that bombs were still falling and the war very much continued. Rubin's response revealed he gets his news from Grok and doesn't engage with actual facts.

This pattern extends to Rubin's book "Don't Burn This Book," published in 2020, which incorrectly stated that Ukraine was a member of NATO—a factual error so basic it's shocking it survived fact-checking and made it to publication. Rubin strikes many as someone who only reads headlines and operates on vibes rather than research, making him a perfect representative for The DailyWire+'s current intellectual bankruptcy.

Important Evidence and Leads

Several crucial questions remain unanswered. Where are Charlie's pants? They are not listed in evidence. The most likely explanation is that they were thrown away or are with Erika, following the pattern of all other potential evidence being destroyed or removed. Who in the car called 911? No one has admitted to making the call, though it would logically be Dan Flood. Where is Dan Flood? He has been remarkably quiet, declined a promotion that Erika offered him, and appears to be guilt-ridden about something.

Who was Erika's pastor during the two years she took off to "study the Bible"? She has claimed that only her pastor and his wife saw her during this period, which is highly unusual. Was it James Caddy? Someone involved with Turning Point Faith? This detail could be significant in understanding Erika's background and potential psychological profile.

What about the Next Model Management connection and Erika's role managing Eastern European models? Candace has received promising leads about this period of Erika's life and is making phone calls to investigate further. The connection to the modeling world and potential exposure to certain networks could be relevant to understanding the complete picture.

How did Erika obtain Charlie's cross necklace, microphone, and other personal effects without proper district attorney authorization? According to legal protocols, only a district attorney can sign a release allowing evidence to be returned to family members. The rapid return of these items suggests either irregular procedures or preferential treatment that bypassed normal evidence protocols.

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