See messages Charlie Kirk suspect sent after assassination

Charlie Kirk's alleged assassin Tyler Robinson texted his transgender partner explaining his motive for the shooting, court documents show — but some observers have cast doubt over the 'stilted' exchange. 

In what turned out to be the pair's final text conversation, Robinson, 22, told his lover Lance Twiggs, 22, to 'drop what you are doing, look under my keyboard.'

The alleged shooter had left a note that read: 'I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and I’m going to take it', prosecutors said. 

'What?????????????? You’re joking, right????' Twiggs responded. 

Robinson said back: 'I am still ok my love, but am stuck in orem for a little while longer yet. Shouldn’t be long until I can come home, but I gotta grab my rifle still. To be honest I had hoped to keep this secret till I died of old age. I am sorry to involve you.' 

An apparently panicked Twiggs responded: 'You weren't the one who did it right????', to which he said back: 'I am, I'm sorry.' 

Soon after the text exchange was revealed by prosecutors, some social media users noted the awkward, almost scripted nature of the exchange.

In an X post viewed over five million times, conservative commentator Sadie NC said she showed the texts to her 21 and 23-year-old sons, who she says quickly doubted the messages and told her that people their age 'don't use complete sentences with correct punctuation.'  

Read the text messages in full below (Tyler Robinson's texts are in blue):

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The peculiar way the couple talk in their texts has sparked wild conspiracy theories online that they were faked. 

Observers noted the text exchange also conveniently mirrors details in the probable cause affidavit.

This included references to engravings on bullets, a rifle wrapped in a towel left in the woods nearby to where the shooter was perched, and his motive to take out Kirk because he 'had enough of his hatred.' 

X user Evan Kilgore says he ran the texts through Chat GPT and claimed it found them to be 'most likely fabricated', alleging they are 'far too detailed, and too incriminating to be real.' 

However, Daily Wire MAGA commentator Matt Walsh countered that the text messages may have been planned by Robinson beforehand. 

'The most plausible and sensible theory isn’t that the FBI made up text messages and released them but that the killer and his boyfriend constructed this highly scripted text conversation as an alibi for the boyfriend,' he wrote, referencing Twiggs. 

'I don’t know that to be the case, obviously. But it’s a highly plausible scenario.' 

Further down the messages, Twiggs also referenced the arrest of George Zinn, a 71-year-old bystander who was held on obstruction of justice charges, and asked: 'I thought they caught the person?' 

Robinson replied that Zinn was just 'some crazy old dude', before going into further details that prosecutors say expose his motive for allegedly killing Kirk. 

Robinson was seen in the text messages telling Twiggs that he 'planned to grab my rifle from my drop point shortly after, but most of that side of town got locked down.' 

'Its quiet, almost enough to get out, but theres one vehicle lingering,' he added. 

Asked why he did it, Robinson responded: 'I had enough of his hatred. Some hate can’t be negotiated out.'

'If I am able to grab my rifle unseen, I will have left no evidence. Going to attempt to retrieve it again, hopefully they have moved on. I haven’t seen anything about them finding it.'

Twiggs then asked how long Robinson had been planning the shooting, to which he said it had been 'a bit over a week I believe.' 

Returning the conversation back to the gun, Robinson continued: 'I’m wishing I had circled back and grabbed it as soon as I got to my vehicle. 

'I'm worried what my old man would do if I didn’t bring back grandpas rifle… idek [I don't even know] if it had a serial number, but it wouldn’t trace to me. I worry about prints I had to leave it in a bush where I changed outfits. didn’t have the ability or time to bring it with.

'I might have to abandon it and hope they don’t find prints. how the f*** will I explain losing it to my old man... only thing I left was the rifle wrapped in a towel.' 

Robinson signed off the fateful text exchange by warning Twiggs to delete their messages, and said his father was trying to call him about his grandfather's rifle that was 'very unique.' 

'Hes calling me rn [right now], not answering,' he wrote. 

'Since trump got into office [my dad] has been pretty diehard maga,' he continued. 

'I'm gonna turn myself in willingly, one of my neighbors here is a deputy for the sheriff.' 

He ended the exchange by telling Twiggs 'you are all I worry about love', to which Twiggs responded: 'I’m much more worried about you.' 

'Don't talk to the media please. don’t take any interviews or make any comments. … if any police ask you questions ask for a lawyer and stay silent,' Robinson concluded. 

The text exchanges were revealed as Robinson made his first court appearance on Tuesday, where footage also captured the moment he showed a flash of emotion as prosecutors officially filed to seek the death penalty. 

Robinson looked at the floor and appeared dazed as he sat in court virtually from the Utah County Jail in Spanish Fork, Utah.

'Is there any other business that we need to address today, counsel?' the judge asked.  

The prosecutor responded: 'Just for the court's information, we did file just recently in the last few minutes the notice of intent to seek the death penalty.'

They added that the motion was filed by Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray, and notified the judge that the document 'should now be on the court's file.'

A clip of Robinson barely reacting to the news that he could be put to death if convicted of Kirk's murder swept social media and received millions of views.

Many X users remarked on Robinson's distant demeanor, with one commenting: 'His soul has already left the building. Totally empty inside.'

Another said they could see Robinson take a 'big gulp' as he faced the music, and another said: 'No remorse, no regret, no emotions.'