Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی
Assassination bombshell
Just weeks after reports of a bombshell claim by the defense for Tyler Robinson, who is accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk last year, there is a new twist in the case.
According to multiple reports, documents filed by the defense in the case claimed the bullet used in the assassination doesn’t match the rifle that has been tied to Robinson.
TMZ reported that Robinson’s defense team is arguing that there is “a discrepancy between the ballistic evidence and the weapon prosecutors say is connected” to him.
Now the ATF’s report has been unsealed, and it shows its findings regarding Robinson, his gun and the bullet used to kill Kirk.
The ATF’s report claimed the bullet that killed Kirk “showed signs” that it could have been fired from Robinson’s gun. Its claim is that the bullet was found to be a .30-caliber “deformed/damaged bullet jacket fragment,” according to the New York Post.
The outlet said the ATF could not determine whether the bullet was fired from Robinson’s gun, but that it was the same caliber as the .30-06 rifle found near the scene of the shooting.
The ATF said that the bullet fragment “could not be identified or excluded as having been fired” from the gun tied to Robinson.
The initial claims by the defense fueled conspiracy theories about Kirk’s assassination on social media.
Marjorie Taylor Greene shared a headline from the Daily Mail reporting the defense’s claim and replied with an eyeball emoji. Greene posted again on X, writing, “The ATF could not match the bullet to Tyler Robinson’s gun and when the news breaks the sheriff resigns.”
Washington County Sheriff Keith Brooksby resigned in March after meeting with the commissioners’ office to address “a few different allegations.”
There is no evidence that the resignation was tied to the Kirk assassination case.
The former congresswoman from Georgia was not the only person talking about the claim by Robinson’s defense team.
“This is not a minor evidentiary dispute,” Brian Allen wrote on X. “If the bullet doesn’t match the gun — the prosecution’s case has a fundamental problem.”