FBI 'probing social media posts' which appeared to predict Charlie Kirk murder

Suspicious social media posts published before the assassination of Charlie Kirk are being investigated by the FBI, it has been claimed.

Conservative activist and Donald Trump ally Kirk, who was holding a rally at Utah Valley University, was shot dead with a single bullet last Wednesday. Detectives are preparing to file murder charges against 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, who handed himself into police following a 33-hour manhunt.

Now, nearly a week on from the assassination, a number of social media posts have surfaced claiming to indicate knowledge of the shooting before it happened. News reports in the US claim a number of posts on X, formerly Twitter, appear to demonstrate foreknowledge of the shooting.

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The posts included references to the date of Kirk's murder, September 10, more than a month before it happened, according to The Washington Free Beacon. "Several of the accounts appear to belong to transgender individuals, and at least one of them followed suspect Tyler Robinson's roommate, with whom Robinson was allegedly in a relationship, on TikTok," the newspaper said.

One account reportedly tweeted "september 10th will be a very interesting day" on August 6, and quote-tweeted the post with the caption "I plead the fifth" after Kirk was killed. Another wrote: "Charlie kirk is coming to my college tomorrow [I really] hope someone evaporates him literally. Let's just say something big will happen tomorrow."

A third person, whose posts have now been deleted alongside the others, said: "charles fames kirk. mr college dropout does NOT know what's coming tomorrow. be ready... this isn't a threat it's a promise."

FBI director Kash Patel said investigators had pieced together a written message by suspect Robinson, 22, in which he suggested he would kill Kirk. “He had an opportunity to take out Kirk and was going to make use of it,” he said. Investigators were able to recover the note’s contents after it had been destroyed, the FBI director said, paraphrasing from the note without revealing more details.

The FBI chief said DNA linking Robinson was discovered on a towel wrapped around the bolt-action rifle used in the killing. It was also discovered on a screwdriver left on the rooftop from where the fatal shot was fired. Authorities say they have uncovered text messages in which Robinson indicated his intention to murder Kirk.

Officials said Robinson carried a hatred for Kirk and ascribed to a “leftist ideology” which had grown in recent years. Robinson’s family and friends said he spent large amounts of time scrolling the “dark corners of the internet,” according to Utah Gov. Spencer Cox.

Robinson surrendered some 33 hours after the shooting at a sheriff’s office near his home in southwestern Utah, more than 250 miles from the scene, after his father urged him to turn himself in.

Speaking on Fox News on Monday, FBI deputy director Dan Bongino refused to rule out the possibility of a wider conspiracy behind Kirk's death. "Obviously we have a suspect in custody, it's quite clear, that's why I'm here discussing this individual," he said.

"However, if this was a larger effort, [if] there was any aiding and abetting, whether it be financial, whether it be someone who knew the specifics of it and failed to report that ... we as an FBI, our team, along with our state and local partners, are looking into that."