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Lance Twiggs's Bombshell: The In-Person Confession
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The episode's emotional core arrives early: Clip 31, in which Lance Twiggs describes Tyler Robinson returning to their shared apartment after the shooting. Twiggs asked him point-blank if what he had texted the night before was real. Robinson said it was. Twiggs began to cry, and Robinson said he wished he hadn't done it, then kept moving around as if trying to stay distracted. Blake reflects that the senselessness of it — the absence of committed ideology, the immediate regret — makes it feel almost like a fleeting obsession rather than radical terrorism, which he finds more disturbing. Graham Allen, joining by phone after being in the courtroom all day, describes the vibe shift from the frustrating half-day on Day 3 to this moment, calling the Twiggs video the piece of evidence the defense is 'scared to death of' and noting that the day felt like an unrelenting procession of damaging evidence against Robinson. [1] — Lance Twiggs "Tyler Robinson returned home after the shooting, and his roommate Lance Twiggs asked him point-blank if what he'd texted was real. Robinson…" 05:12
Tyler Robinson returned home after the shooting, and his roommate Lance Twiggs asked him point-blank if what he'd texted was real. Robinson said yes — and said he wished he hadn't done it. It is the most direct human confirmation of guilt in the entire case so far.
Lance Twiggs testified that Tyler Robinson returned home after the shooting and verbally admitted it happened, saying he wished he hadn't done it.
The Lance Twiggs video recording entered into evidence ran approximately 35 to 37 minutes, and the defense fought hard to redact large portions of it.
