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#318 Candace Owens - The Most Sued Woman in American Media
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Jul 2, 2026
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Charlie Kirk Assassination: The Crime Scene Evidence
At 42:41 · chapter starts 40:00
This chapter is the forensic heart of Owens' Kirk assassination theory. She walks through the sequence of observations that built her conviction: Kirk's necklace broke and whipped sideways before the impact, which she says points to a source below or at chest level rather than a rooftop shot. His white shirt was crisp and bloodless when she saw back footage on FaceTime. Then a contact named John Bray reached out to say the black debris on the car floor — which looked like shattered ABS plastic to Owens — was consistent with an exploded Rode Mic Pro, the specific model Kirk was wearing. Owens concludes that a PETN-based shaped charge was concealed inside the microphone, which also explains why bomb dogs were not brought near Kirk's location and why the soil was removed and paved over within four days.
Paving ordered by Sunday after Wednesday shooting
Charlie Kirk was shot at 12:23 PM on a Wednesday and by Sunday morning the site was being repaved, with soil removed separately beforehand.
Charlie Kirk shot at 12:23 PM on a Wednesday
Owens specifies the exact time Charlie Kirk was shot — 12:23 PM on a Wednesday — as a reference point for the rapid crime scene erasure that followed.
The Crime Scene Was Repaved in Days
Charlie Kirk was shot at 12:23 PM on a Wednesday. By Sunday, the site was fully repaved — but first, 10 inches of soil were removed by a separate crew before the pavers arrived. That's not standard: normally one crew does both. Owens says paving instructions came from the governor of Utah and Kash Patel's office. The rapid destruction of potential forensic evidence is central to her theory that explosives were used.
10 inches of soil removed at crime scene
Owens claims 10 inches of soil were removed from the Charlie Kirk shooting site before pavers were laid over it by Sunday morning, with two separate crews doing the work.
The PETN Theory: Kirk Was Killed by His Own Microphone
Owens built her theory of Kirk's death on three observations: his necklace broke before the impact, his white shirt had no blood, and the car used to transport him had what appeared to be shattered black ABS plastic — consistent with an exploded Rode Mic Pro. She argues a PETN-based shaped charge was concealed inside the microphone, which explains the trajectory, the soil removal, and why bomb dogs were not brought to the scene.
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