Candace Owens Exposes Erika Kirk's Corporate Call Days After Charlie Kirk's Assassination and Disturbing Origins Story

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Candace Owens Exposes Erika Kirk's Corporate Call Days After Charlie Kirk's Assassination and Disturbing Origins Story

Candace Owens reveals a corporate Zoom call Erika Kirk led just 11 days after Charlie Kirk's assassination, where the tone struck many as unsettlingly upbeat. The call, held on September 22nd, less than 48 hours after Charlie's private funeral, focused on business metrics, donor numbers, and moving "full steam ahead" with what Erika described as "Turning Point USA 2.0." Candace also uncovers new information about Charlie's childhood school for gifted children, its military connections, and a network of individuals tied to the founding of Turning Point USA that may suggest Charlie's life was more orchestrated than publicly known.

January 27, 2026

The Corporate Call That Shocked Employees

Candace Owens begins by addressing the controversy surrounding her investigation into Erika Kirk's background and the events following Charlie Kirk's assassination. She emphasizes that basic journalism demands a profile of anyone taking over a charitable organization that raised over a quarter of a billion dollars after its founder's death. The focus of this episode centers on an audio recording of a corporate Zoom call that Erika Kirk led on Monday, September 22nd—just 11 days after Charlie's public assassination and roughly 48 hours after his private Catholic funeral mass.

The timeline is critical to understanding the context. On September 10th, Charlie was assassinated. On September 18th, just eight days later, Erika gave an in-person interview to the New York Times at her condo—a publication that had been hostile to Charlie throughout his life. In that interview, she described becoming a single mother as "the least traumatizing thing" about the situation, a statement Candace finds deeply disturbing. On September 20th came the funeral mass, followed by the public memorial event on September 21st at State Farm Stadium, and then this corporate call on the 22nd. Candace notes that on the same day as the call, there was also a private dinner where attendees described the McCoys, Elizabeth, Mikey, and Erika as being in "joyous spirits."

The Tone and Content of the Call

The 15-minute call begins with Erika thanking the Turning Point USA team for their work on the memorial event, which she calls "an event of the century." She rattles off impressive numbers: 275,000 attendees, 100 million people who heard the gospel, over 200,000 in merchandise sales, and thousands of new voter registrations. She praises various teams and acknowledges that staff worked 20-hour days during the week of grieving, with some not sleeping at all.

However, the overall tone of the call is what strikes Candace and the employees who shared the recording. Despite mentioning her husband's death, Erika's demeanor comes across as extraordinarily upbeat and business-focused. She mentions providing resources like counselors, pastors, therapy dogs, breakfast, and paid flights for spouses. Then she states, "My husband's dead. Like, I'm not trying to be morbid, but he's dead." She uses this to encourage employees to put aside any workplace conflicts and move forward with "Turning Point USA 2.0 with Charlie in our hearts."

Erika tells employees that if they need more time to grieve, they should use their paid time off, but immediately pivots to emphasizing how much work needs to be done. She mentions that Charlie was planning "vision 2030" in the weeks leading up to September 10th, working closely with Justin (the COO). She claims to have Charlie's journals that detail these plans and assures everyone there's "no confusion of what's to come."

The Business Metrics and Moving Forward

The call shifts to discussing the massive influx of support following Charlie's death: 100,000 chapter requests, 300,000 new donors, 50,000 hat orders to fulfill, and over 20,000 AmericaFest registrations. Erika frames this as evidence that "there is so much to do" and that the organization isn't "just sitting and thinking and looking at the wall."

She then makes a statement that Candace finds particularly troubling: "It's weird to say I'm excited. I really hesitate saying that. It's really hard for me to say that. It's a really weird thing to say, but I think it comes from a space of peace, knowing that God's using this and we're humbly witnessing the gospel in real time."

Candace expresses deep discomfort with the entire call, noting that employees who worked those 20-hour days felt pressured not to take time off when the founder's widow was saying she was "full steam ahead." The general sentiment from fired employees who shared this recording was that something felt fundamentally wrong—the tone didn't match what they expected from someone who had lost their husband less than two weeks prior.

Discovering Charlie's X-Men School Origins

Candace then shifts to new information about Charlie Kirk's childhood and the founding story of Turning Point USA. She reminds viewers that Charlie told her in 2018 that he had visions about his death and knew "from the moment that he began Turning Point USA" that he might die young. A text message from Charlie specifically states: "Since the beginning of Turning Point USA, I knew in my gut that I might get wiped out at any time."

The official founding story, as told in The Atlantic and other publications, describes how Bill Montgomery—an Air Force reserves member—was at Benedictine University in Lisle, Illinois for a youth government day in May 2012. When Charlie spoke, Montgomery was so impressed that he approached the teenager afterward and said, "I don't know you, but you need to start an organization to reach out to young people with your message." A month later, they launched Turning Point USA together.

However, Candace has discovered there may be more to this story. Bill Montgomery was from Lincoln, Nebraska (a location that keeps appearing in this investigation) and moved to the Chicago area after his military service. The details of what Montgomery did during his military time remain unclear. Charlie attended a school called Creative Children's Academy, which opened in 1982 for academically gifted children from preschool through eighth grade. In 1999, it changed its name to Quest Academy. The school received corporate and private funding, though the sources aren't publicly disclosed.

The Network Behind the School

The school was founded by Helen Barts, whose husband is Reverend Robert Barts of Arlington Heights. Candace received a tip, which she was able to partially confirm, that Helen Barts was good friends with Bill Montgomery and his wife, Edith Walker Montgomery. Edith immigrated from Germany after World War II and became an adolescent psychiatric nurse. The tip suggests that Edith Walker actually helped start the school with Helen Barts, though this has been largely wiped from public record.

The tip also claims that Bill Montgomery, Edith Walker, Helen Barts, and a Robert Flood (connected to Dan Flood's family) all knew each other before the school started. They allegedly all worked for an organization called the Shaklee Corporation—an evangelical network marketing company that became the first to create a multivitamin in America. Shaklee grew into a massive multi-level marketing operation described as having a "religious fervor" surrounding nutrition. Notably, Shaklee had a 25-year contract with NASA for supplements.

Candace confirmed that Helen Barts did indeed work at Shaklee, running the Shaklee Center in Arlington Heights before founding the school. She's now trying to learn more about Bill and Edith Montgomery—specifically where Bill served in the military, why he moved to Chicago, where in Germany Edith came from, what her original surname was, and where exactly she worked as an adolescent psychiatric nurse.

Military Connections and Operation Paperclip

Candace notes that Charlie's school was located near Northrop Grumman, a massive aerospace and defense company with extensive federal contracts dating back to World War II. She connects this to Operation Paperclip, when the CIA brought Nazi scientists to America, supposedly for the Apollo program. Since Candace doesn't believe the moon landing happened, she questions what these scientists were actually brought over for, suggesting connections to Project Monarch (the precursor to MK Ultra) and mind control experiments on children.

The appearance of so many military connections—Bill Montgomery's Air Force background, Edith Walker's immigration from post-war Germany, the proximity to Northrop Grumman, NASA contracts with Shaklee, and now Stanley Clark Moore (Lorie Cardoza-Moore's husband) who also has Air Force and NASA backgrounds—leads Candace to believe there may have been more orchestration in Charlie's life than previously understood.

The Christian Zionist Threat and Lorie Cardoza-Moore

Candace addresses the threatening message she received after discussing Tucker Carlson's speech, which she suspected came from a Christian Zionist. The Brave Report identified the likely author as Lorie Cardoza-Moore, an evangelical Zionist who later revealed she's Jewish. Lorie posted a video rant about Tucker Carlson and Charlie Kirk, furious that Tucker spoke positively about Qatar and that some audience members booed Michelle Bachmann when she spoke about supporting Israel at a Turning Point USA conference. Lorie criticized Charlie for not condemning Tucker or defending Bachmann.

Internet researchers quickly discovered that Lorie Cardoza-Moore has an acting background, including appearing in romance hotline commercials. Her husband, Stanley Clark Moore, has an Air Force background and reportedly worked for NASA. He grew up on Air Force bases and graduated from high school in Humble, Texas, but little else is publicly known about his family background—information Candace is now seeking.

Kanye's Apology and Final Thoughts

Candace briefly addresses Kanye West's full-page apology in the Wall Street Journal and his Vanity Fair interview where he discussed his bipolar episodes and being on new medication. She clarifies that Kanye is like a brother to her, and she supports him in whatever he chooses to do. If he wants to apologize to people he's hurt, that's his decision, but it doesn't change her own positions on any issues, particularly regarding Israel.

She concludes by emphasizing that something feels fundamentally wrong about the situation at Turning Point USA. The corporate call, the rapid pivot to business metrics, the firings of long-time employees, and the emerging information about Charlie's background all point to a story far more complex than what the public has been told. Candace invites anyone with additional information, particularly about Edith Walker Montgomery's background or Stanley Clark Moore's family, to contact her team.

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