The Charlie Kirk Assassination: Investigation, Theories, and FBI Response

[00:00] There have been many theories swirling

[00:02] around about the construction company

[00:03] that beautified, as it's being called,

[00:06] the Charlie Kirk assassination crime

[00:08] scene. One of those theories is that the

[00:11] work was done by Matt Robinson, the

[00:13] father of Tyler Robinson. And we'll get

[00:16] into that. Also, Gary Melton from

[00:19] Paramount Tactical, who has done some

[00:20] good work looking into the Charlie Kirk

[00:22] assassination, just debunked another

[00:25] popular theory that cast major doubt on

[00:28] the FBI investigation. And finally,

[00:31] speaking of the FBI investigation, Cash

[00:33] Patel got visibly frustrated when asked

[00:36] multiple times about the different

[00:38] conspiracy theories coming out on social

[00:42] media about Charlie Kirk. We'll start

[00:44] with this answer, which doesn't make me

[00:47] feel good. I'm Zach Costello.

[00:50] All right, so some quick context.

[00:52] President Trump hosted a press

[00:53] conference wherein Cash Patel was asked

[00:56] to address the different conspiracy

[00:58] theories, and I'm going to continue to

[01:00] put those in air quotes today on social

[01:02] media about the Charlie Kirk

[01:04] assassination. Listen to his answer.

[01:06] >> Director Patel, there's been so many

[01:08] conspiracy theories swirling around

[01:10] about the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

[01:12] Do you have any updates for us,

[01:13] especially in light of all the online

[01:15] content that everyone's been talking

[01:16] about?

[01:17] >> The only thing we deal with at the FBI

[01:18] and the Department of Justice is facts.

[01:20] And we delivered in record speed a

[01:22] manhunt to capture Charlie Kirk's

[01:24] alleged session in 33 hours. And if you

[01:26] put that in perspective to Luigi Manion

[01:28] with a Boston mama, they took them 5

[01:30] days and a police officer lost their

[01:31] life in their manhunt. We are running

[01:32] out absolutely every single lead. And

[01:34] the best thing we can do to honor my

[01:36] friend Charlie Kirk's life is to make

[01:37] sure that everyone involved is

[01:39] prosecuted to the full extent of the

[01:40] law. And that's what we're focused on,

[01:42] investigating the facts, not trading in

[01:44] conspiracy theories.

[01:45] >> Okay. Those of us who care about the

[01:47] truth aren't really interested so much

[01:49] in how fast, 33 days, they were able to

[01:53] capture Tyler Robinson. We also aren't

[01:56] interested in how fast you're able to

[01:58] convict and put him to death. We care

[02:01] about thoroughess and truth. Also

[02:05] referring to different arguments and

[02:07] perspectives as conspiracy theories does

[02:11] not help. How many times in the past 25

[02:14] years have the conspiracy theorists end

[02:17] up being the ones who are right. One of

[02:20] those conspiracy theories is that Tyler

[02:23] Robinson did not act alone and Cash

[02:26] Patel was asked about that here.

[02:28] >> Are is there any possibility that other

[02:30] people were involved when you talked at

[02:32] the White House? I sort of got a little

[02:33] inkling that maybe you're looking at

[02:34] other people just

[02:35] >> we're looking at everyone that was that

[02:37] was there that was online and we're

[02:39] looking to refer these matters to the

[02:41] state prosecution authorities when

[02:42] there's enough evidence. But the reality

[02:44] is again with social media when you have

[02:47] hysterical conspiracy theories filling

[02:49] the void, you're harming Charlie and his

[02:51] family and a rightful prosecution of his

[02:53] alleged assassin who we have in custody

[02:55] and rightly so in my opinion. And if

[02:58] anyone helped him, do you think that we

[03:00] at this FBI are literally going to let

[03:01] them get away with it? Us standing

[03:03] silent in the face of glowing, growing

[03:06] conspiracy theories, that's what we do

[03:08] to shut down a faulty prosecution.

[03:12] That's what we do to shut down a system

[03:14] of justice that wants to be exploited by

[03:17] these same anarchists. Then that's what

[03:18] they're doing. They're they're bringing

[03:20] it to social media. They're bringing it

[03:22] online for clickbait. And we're not

[03:24] going to take it. We don't care what you

[03:25] say about me or Dan Bonino or anyone in

[03:28] leadership at the FBI. They're just

[03:29] going to keep doing the work.

[03:30] >> Remaining silent about the growing

[03:32] number of conspiracy theories is

[03:34] certainly not going to help increase the

[03:36] public's trust of the FBI. Silence and

[03:40] not getting answers has been the status

[03:42] quo. And at this point with Americans,

[03:44] it's unacceptable.

[03:46] In fact, we elected this administration.

[03:49] We were excited about Cash Patel and Dan

[03:52] Bonino because we thought that they were

[03:54] going to be open. We thought they were

[03:56] going to open up all of this so that the

[03:58] American people could see what the

[04:00] government has been doing to us, getting

[04:02] rich and powerful off our backs, under

[04:05] our nose. What I will accept is Cash

[04:08] Patel saying that they aren't releasing

[04:10] anything prematurely and will present

[04:12] everything openly to the public at trial

[04:15] and that the trial will be made public.

[04:17] That is good news. What must be proven

[04:20] though beyond a reasonable doubt and the

[04:22] FBI seems adamant about this is that

[04:24] Tyler Robinson took the shot and acted

[04:27] alone. One of the theories that cast a

[04:30] lot of doubt on Tyler Robinson being the

[04:33] shooter was the footage of him running

[04:35] across the roof and jumping down and

[04:37] that it was edited or AI. I'll shout out

[04:40] to Gary Melton here from Paramount

[04:42] Tactical who got his boots on the ground

[04:45] to give us the truth and dispel

[04:47] questions about this item. Watch this.

[04:49] >> All right, so when they first released

[04:51] the surveillance footage of Tyler

[04:53] Robinson jumping off of the roof, there

[04:55] was a lot of people out there saying

[04:56] that was AI footage because the people

[04:58] in the background or a person in the

[05:00] background disappeared suddenly behind a

[05:03] tree and it looks like that path is just

[05:06] going from right to left. That person

[05:08] gets up to that tree. It looks like he

[05:10] should just keep going forward, but then

[05:12] suddenly he disappears. And of course,

[05:14] there was this whole thing started

[05:15] saying that it was AI. I definitely

[05:17] thought the whole thing was weird. And

[05:18] that was one of the things I wanted to

[05:20] investigate while I was there at UVU.

[05:23] And then I have an assistant over here.

[05:25] We got Eric. He is walking. What you

[05:27] don't realize is two things take place.

[05:30] >> Number one is that path actually curves,

[05:35] >> but then it drops off. And so again,

[05:38] when you're looking at this

[05:40] >> camera way,

[05:42] >> he disappears completely as he continues

[05:43] to go down. That path basically not only

[05:46] drops off, but stays in line with these

[05:48] trees. So, I covered this footage

[05:50] myself, and I thought the disappearing

[05:52] man was weird. Also, no shadow on the

[05:56] roof, which one of you all helped me

[05:58] understand can happen on a highly

[06:00] reflective white surface like the one

[06:02] that he was running across. That's the

[06:03] reason the shadow may have disappeared.

[06:05] [snorts] However, and again, I'm happy

[06:07] to be wrong. I don't need to be right

[06:09] about anything. I just want the truth.

[06:11] And when you pose questions and get

[06:13] sufficient answers, this checks off

[06:15] boxes and decreases the amount of future

[06:19] conspiracies. It also reduces doubt and

[06:22] earns trust. Staying quiet and

[06:25] dismissing actual questions and refusing

[06:27] to address things that do not add up as

[06:31] Cash Patel thinks is the right strategy

[06:33] is certainly not helpful at all. What is

[06:36] also not helpful to an investigation is

[06:39] remodeling the crime scene 5 days after

[06:42] one of the highest profile

[06:43] assassinations in US history took place.

[06:47] A lot of talk has been swirling about

[06:49] Tyler Robinson's father, Matt Robinson,

[06:52] who owns Precision Marble and Granite

[06:55] doing this beautifification of the crime

[06:58] scene. That isn't true. It was Hardscape

[07:01] Utah. That's the company that did the

[07:04] work. And here is the guy who ran the

[07:06] crew, making this honestly pretty weird

[07:09] statement. Watch this.

[07:12] >> What's up, guys?

[07:14] Hey, I just want to share a quick post

[07:16] here.

[07:18] Um, I got a call

[07:20] about a week and a half ago from a

[07:22] couple of uh couple of maintenance guys

[07:25] from the state of Utah that

[07:28] had been asked to replace uh to beautify

[07:31] an area where

[07:34] a brother had been gunned down.

[07:40] It was Sunday. I usually don't work on

[07:41] Sunday, but but I needed to be useful.

[07:44] And um

[07:46] so I showed up with a couple of of my

[07:49] brother with a couple of other brothers

[07:51] that uh we all have differing beliefs

[07:55] and differing viewpoints

[07:57] and together we were useful.

[08:02] It was heavy

[08:04] to work where a brother was gunned down.

[08:07] Uh but we did it. And um

[08:11] I've wanted to make a post. I haven't

[08:13] wanted to be controversial.

[08:16] Uh America is founded on people with

[08:19] different beliefs working together. And

[08:22] that's exactly what we did that Sunday

[08:24] and that Monday.

[08:27] And um I'm getting some hate online for

[08:30] it. I'm getting some fake reviews. And

[08:34] uh you know, the answer to hate is love.

[08:38] The answer to falsehood is truth.

[08:41] >> So, this dude has a lot of brothers.

[08:42] [laughter]

[08:44] My brother here and my brother there.

[08:45] Charlie Kirk was his brother. I don't

[08:47] like how it seems like he it seems like

[08:50] he's trying to make himself cry making

[08:51] this statement. I also don't like how he

[08:54] said he doesn't normally work on

[08:55] Sundays, but this time they did. State

[08:59] officials from Utah called and got him

[09:02] out there with urgency on a Sunday,

[09:05] normally a day of rest to get this done.

[09:09] I Googled Hardscape Utah and when you

[09:12] do, they have pictures posted of the

[09:15] work that they did here at the

[09:16] assassination site. Edward [snorts]

[09:18] Thomas, as you can see, posted the

[09:20] pictures and you can see that right

[09:22] here. State officials from Utah, not the

[09:26] university, not UVU, made the call to

[09:30] beautify the site. What are the names of

[09:33] those officials? This is information

[09:36] that I think we need to know. Any tips,

[09:39] send them to zackzack costello.com.

[09:42] I'll see you all tomorrow. I'm Zack

[09:44] Costello.