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BumRushDaShow

(160,626 posts)
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 01:27 PM Sep 15

Tyler Robinson Left Note Vowing to 'Take Out Charlie Kirk': FBI

Source: Newsweek

Published Sep 15, 2025 at 8:45 AM EDT | Updated Sep 15, 2025 at 11:24 AM EDT


FBI Director Kash Patel said Tyler Robinson, the suspected killer of Charlie Kirk, wrote a note stating his intention to "take out" the influential conservative activist. The new information provided by Patel is the latest development in the investigation into Robinson. Utah Governor Spencer Cox said on Sunday that investigators are still trying to pin down a motive for the attack on the Turning Point USA co-founder.

Why It Matters

Kirk, 31, was fatally shot at Utah Valley University in Orem on September 10 during a question-and-answer session on campus. His death has caused an outpouring of grief from his fans and followers, though some of his critics have celebrated his demise, raising concerns about more polarization and hostility in U.S. political life sparking violence.

What To Know

Patel, speaking to Fox & Friends on Monday, said the FBI had "forensic evidence" of the note, but that it had "since been destroyed."

Summarizing the note, Patel he that Robinson wrote, "I have the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and I'm going to take it." "That note was written before the shooting," Patel said.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/tyler-robinson-note-charlie-kirk-fbi-kash-patel-2129976



the FBI had "forensic evidence" of the note, but that it had "since been destroyed


That will fly in court, eh?
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Tyler Robinson Left Note Vowing to 'Take Out Charlie Kirk': FBI (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Sep 15 OP
Was it written in Sharpie? Wicked Blue Sep 15 #1
No............................... Lovie777 Sep 15 #2
Signed, Epstein's mother Blues Heron Sep 15 #3
You owe me a keyboard! Ray Bruns Sep 15 #9
... BumRushDaShow Sep 15 #19
I don't trust a single utterance that comes from this person question everything Sep 15 #4
The only reason he's there is to make stuff up. thought crime Sep 15 #26
IOW a note stating intentions to act like Nick Fuentes and Laura Loomer talked? RockRaven Sep 15 #5
I have forensic evidence of a winning Lottery ticket, but it has since been destroyed. Midnight Writer Sep 15 #6
My possession of a winning Powerball ticket has been established by an aggressive interrogation posture Prairie Gates Sep 15 #17
It doesn't need to fly in court, only fly in MAGA land. patphil Sep 15 #7
MAGAland already made up their minds and manufactured some delusional scenario BumRushDaShow Sep 15 #8
Kashyap Pramod Patel Nigrum Cattus Sep 15 #10
Yeah, every killer writes a manifesto and then destroys it DenaliDemocrat Sep 15 #11
The word 'Left' is in the headline. There it is! Proof! He was a left-winger!!! Aristus Sep 15 #12
My BS detector goes off major on this "so called" take out note kimbutgar Sep 15 #13
Wait, how is that left wing at all Diraven Sep 15 #14
No, That Fact RobinA Sep 15 #24
Rigggght! mzmolly Sep 15 #15
The old pencil engraving on the next sheet in the notebook trick? Prairie Gates Sep 15 #16
Exactly what I was thinking JoseBalow Sep 15 #21
ROFL Prairie Gates Sep 15 #22
You owe me a keyboard! TurboDem Sep 15 #23
Hmm, makes you wonder, who have him that opportunity? 1WorldHope Sep 15 #18
Apropos of the shooter's motivation for the crime, David Shuster posted... keep_left Sep 15 #20
First Fabricate, then Gaslight. That's the MO. thought crime Sep 15 #25
If the note had been destroyed, who destroyed it? lostincalifornia Sep 15 #27
Googie eyes is getting desperate. Klarkashton Sep 15 #28
And he did, he did . republianmushroom Sep 15 #29
At this point, Patel could tell me that the sky was blue Hayabusa Sep 15 #30
How can we trust anything the FBI says or does with Patel in charge ? ..nt Jarqui Sep 15 #31
My bs detector goes off on this narrative! kimbutgar Sep 16 #32

Midnight Writer

(24,756 posts)
6. I have forensic evidence of a winning Lottery ticket, but it has since been destroyed.
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 01:42 PM
Sep 15

Can I claim my winnings now?

Prairie Gates

(6,322 posts)
17. My possession of a winning Powerball ticket has been established by an aggressive interrogation posture
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 04:25 PM
Sep 15


Our entire culture is a black hole of stupidity

patphil

(8,282 posts)
7. It doesn't need to fly in court, only fly in MAGA land.
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 01:42 PM
Sep 15

They're using the destroyed note to bolster their claim that the shooter was a radical-left democrat.
And, they'll keep "finding" evidence to supports that view.
It's an old form of investigation, one in which the evidence is tailored to support the predetermined conclusion.

The FBI is now a fully functioning propaganda arm of the Trump administration.

BumRushDaShow

(160,626 posts)
8. MAGAland already made up their minds and manufactured some delusional scenario
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 01:46 PM
Sep 15

It's for the "complicit media" and the rest of us to say "SEE?!!11!!! "I don't just crawl restaurants hundreds of miles away from my office all day and I'm 'doing something'!!1111!!!!1!11".

Aristus

(70,938 posts)
12. The word 'Left' is in the headline. There it is! Proof! He was a left-winger!!!
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 03:52 PM
Sep 15

I have no doubt they'll be pushing that soon...



Diraven

(1,602 posts)
14. Wait, how is that left wing at all
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 04:06 PM
Sep 15

So just him stating his intention was to murder Kirk automatically makes it left wing?

Prairie Gates

(6,322 posts)
16. The old pencil engraving on the next sheet in the notebook trick?
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 04:22 PM
Sep 15

Very Hardy Boys!

These fools will say literally anything.

keep_left

(3,075 posts)
20. Apropos of the shooter's motivation for the crime, David Shuster posted...
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 04:43 PM
Sep 15

...a little-noticed message to X the other day (9/12) about the shooter's admiration for Fuentes/Groyper ideology. It differs greatly from the phony narrative which so many in the Trump regime have been slaving like stevedores to sell to the general public.

BTW, according to DUer "proud patriot", Shuster will be on the Stephanie Miller show tomorrow morning.

https://democraticunderground.com/100220644524#post8

According to Utah officials + police interviews with his family, Tyler Robinson hated Charlie Kirk because Kirk wasn't conservative enough. (Robinson reportedly admired Nick Fuentes). GOPer's now scrubbing X posts about dems faster than DOJ erases Trump name in Epstein files.


Klarkashton

(4,076 posts)
28. Googie eyes is getting desperate.
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 08:21 PM
Sep 15

He is manufacturing evidence without bothering to manufacturer anything.

Hayabusa

(2,143 posts)
30. At this point, Patel could tell me that the sky was blue
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 08:48 PM
Sep 15

and I'd have to go out and double check.

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