Testimony, Security Footage Contradict Candace Owens’ Insane Defense Of Tyler Robinson

Only two days into a preliminary hearing for the Tyler Robinson murder case and newly presented security footage and testimony are contradicting a conspiracy peddled by Candace Owens.

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Owens has accused more than a dozen individuals and shadowy groups or governments of being involved in the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, while saying Robinson is being framed or used as a patsy. The late conservative’s widow, Erika Kirk, has notably been a routine target of Owens’ unsupported theories.

Just days ago, Owens repeated her belief that Robinson was not on the Utah Valley University campus at all on the day Kirk was murdered.

“I don’t think Tyler Robinson was there,” she told podcast host Shawn Ryan. “I think he’s a total patsy. I think they get lookalikes. They get everybody to wear the same outfits. I believe he played a role, and what he did was he picked up clothes and he dumped them behind the Dairy Queen.”

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During the interview, Owens again raised questions about whether Israel or other “heavy players” were connected to Kirk’s murder and cast suspicion on Erika. At one point in the same interview, Owens said she felt “gutted” because Erika never actually loved her late husband. Owens cited Erika’s decision to quickly step into a leadership role at TPUSA after the assassination as part of her reasoning.

During Tuesday’s preliminary hearing, which will determine whether prosecutors have enough evidence for Robinson to stand trial, a number of security videos showed a man on the Utah Valley University campus who authorities testified was Robinson.

One video appeared to show Robinson walking with a “limp,” according to David Hull, a former Utah State Bureau of Investigation agent. Notably, reports previously indicated that Robinson appeared to walk with a stiff right leg before the shooting, or with an unusual gait, indicating he was likely concealing a rifle under his clothing.

Another video presented in court shows the man believed to be Robinson climbing over the railing of the Losee Center and moving into a prone position just seconds before Kirk was fatally shot.

Security footage also showed a person believed to be Robinson seconds after Kirk was fatally shot. The person was seen running along the top of a campus building “before dropping down onto the grass and heading away from campus on foot, carrying something,” The New York Times reported.

“The video compilation (exhibit 12.4) of Tyler Robinson visiting UVU campus four times on 9/10 (the last visit stretching into the early morning hours of 9/11) will be submitted as evidence and broadcast to the media. Here’s the video,” TPUSA spokesman Andrew Kolvet said. “When you watch it, you’ll understand why the defense fought so hard against allowing it to be seen by the public.”

Robinson’s parents also recognized him from images released by law enforcement following the shooting, and Robinson apparently made statements that led his parents to believe he killed Kirk. Matt Robinson, the suspect’s father, drove his son to surrender himself to authorities.

Some independent journalists and conservatives — including those who were close to Kirk — slammed Owens for spreading the apparent lies about the case.

“Compare the video of Candace Owens claiming last week that Tyler Robinson was never on the UVU campus on the day Charlie Kirk was killed and the extended footage presented in court today of Robinson visiting campus 4 times that day,” conservative commentator AG Hamilton said.

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Compare the video of Candace Owens claiming last week that Tyler Robinson was never on the UVU campus on the day Charlie Kirk was killed and the extended footage presented in court today of Robinson visiting campus 4 times that day… pic.twitter.com/2E7NUcjuS8

— AG (@AGHamilton29) July 7, 2026

“Candace Owens led thousands of people astray and lied, claiming that Tyler never stepped foot on campus that day,” journalist Sarah Fields said. “This is embarrassing — for her and for everyone she effectively brainwashed.”

Without naming Owens, CEO of The Babylon Bee, Seth Dillon, commented on the mounting evidence against Robinson and those spreading falsehoods about the case.

“[T]here’s a reason so many people are unwilling to let the evidence speak for itself. The well was poisoned for exactly that purpose,” he wrote. “The goal of the months-long internet ‘investigation’ has been to pre-bunk the real one so that its findings, when they eventually surfaced, would be widely dismissed.”

“Shame on anyone who’s defended this malicious campaign as ‘just asking questions’ or ‘the actions of a true friend,’” he added.

Unsurprisingly, Owens is denying the person in the video footage is Robinson. She is now suggesting the man is Lance Twiggs, Robinson’s trans-identifying lover. “The person walking in the video they are presenting is very clearly a TALL person. Well above 6 feet,” she wrote on X. “No way that is a 5’10 or 5’11 person. How tall is Lance Twiggs?”

This was my exact point. The person walking in the video they are presenting is very clearly a TALL person. Well above 6 feet.
No way that is a 5’10 or 5’11 person.
How tall is Lance Twiggs? https://t.co/IjKSmwoHA7

— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) July 7, 2026

“Has anybody wanted anything as badly as Candace wants Charlie’s murderer to go free?” Blake Neff, producer of “The Charlie Kirk Show,” reacted.

Manhattan Institute fellow Colin Wright called Owens “unfathomably idiotic.”

“She thinks she has the ability to determine the height of a person to within 1 inch simply from a video,” he said. “Tyler Robinson might appear tall at first glance, but that’s because he’s skinny and lanky. Candace saying that he ‘looks to me to be 6’2 minimally’ is just stupid.”

“‘Looks to me’? Based on what method that allows for only 1 inch of wiggle room?” he continued to ridicule Owens. “She has no method, just vibes. It simply isn’t possible to determine how tall someone is from a video or photo that lacks a clear reference point.”

“I told you Candace would be spinning off endless conspiracies from the trial footage,” Wright added. “It has already started, and it’s only going to get a lot more insane.”

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