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Evil Charlie Kirk conspiracy theories finally wither in court — but that still won’t crush the Candace Owens-like grift

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After this week, anyone who still believes the online conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination of Charlie Kirk possesses either a dangerously low IQ or an irreparably broken moral compass.

That’s because the pre-trial hearing now in progress for Tyler Robinson, the man accused of assassinating Kirk in front of hundreds of students at Utah Valley University, is collapsing the madness in real time.

During his short life, the founder of Turning Point USA engaged in good-faith debates with young people on a wide variety of topics, and he did so in a cheery and civil manner.

Agree with him or not, Kirk epitomized the best of American civic tradition.

Candace Owens, the grifter podcaster who’s dedicated her popular show to promoting a string of unhinged conspiracy theories about Kirk and Robinson, represents the opposite.

Owens’ attacks have inspired scores of similar podcasts, spurring hundreds of thousands of listeners to become obsessive self-appointed forensic scientists, ballistics experts and criminal investigators — all out to prove that Robinson was merely a “patsy” for darker secretive forces.

Gun expert claims she received only 4 bullet fragments despite the total of 7 recovered from Charlie Kirk crime scene

DNA found on gun and cartridges allegedly used to kill Charlie Kirk overwhelmingly likely to belong to Tyler Robinson: forensic report

Watch live: Judge to rule on........

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