Tucker on Charlie Kirk's Assassination

[00:00:00] In the three months since Charlie Kirk [00:00:02] was murdered, I've really tried not to [00:00:05] comment on the murder investigation in [00:00:07] public. And it's not because I don't [00:00:08] care, of course. I love Charlie and knew [00:00:10] him well since he was a was a teenager. [00:00:13] Um, but I haven't said anything about [00:00:16] it. I really tried not to say anything [00:00:18] about it. First, because I don't really [00:00:20] know um anything that everyone else [00:00:22] doesn't know. I've asked around, but of [00:00:24] course, how do you know what the truth [00:00:25] is? Um, but the other reason I haven't [00:00:27] said anything is because I know [00:00:30] personally a number of the people uh [00:00:32] involved in what's now become a very [00:00:34] large story. I know them really well. [00:00:36] Um, and and I really think a lot of all [00:00:39] of them on every side. Um, Candace Owens [00:00:42] I've known a long time. I love Candace [00:00:44] Owens. Blake Nef at TPUSA once worked [00:00:47] for me at a couple of different places [00:00:48] and I love Blake Nef. Erica Kirk I've [00:00:51] known since she was dating Charlie Kirk. [00:00:53] And I I love Erica Kirk. And I think [00:00:55] these are all really really decent [00:00:57] people. And so it's been my desire for 3 [00:01:01] months not to get involved in any of [00:01:03] this. And in general to think to myself, [00:01:06] anybody who is earnestly searching for [00:01:09] the truth, whether they're right or [00:01:11] wrong, but as long as they're motivated [00:01:13] by a desire to find out what happened [00:01:15] and therefore honor Charlie's memory by [00:01:17] getting to justice. Anyone who's doing [00:01:19] that, I'm not going to criticize. Again, [00:01:21] no matter what track they're on, lots of [00:01:24] us, and this has certainly happened to [00:01:26] me, have good moments, but good motives [00:01:28] and but wind up in the wrong place, but [00:01:30] it's a sincere mistake. So, that that [00:01:32] definitely happens. I have done that. [00:01:34] And so, I've just wanted to stay out. [00:01:36] And then the other day, I had like a [00:01:38] three-hour conversation with Theo [00:01:41] Vaughn, and it was not about Charlie [00:01:43] Kirk or anything related to it, but that [00:01:45] topic came up. Um, and I said in effect, [00:01:48] you know, I don't trust the FBI. Um, and [00:01:51] that gave some people the impression [00:01:53] that I was, you know, accusing them of [00:01:55] being involved in Charlie's [00:01:57] assassination. And of course, I wasn't. [00:02:00] Uh, and I certainly didn't mean to. Um, [00:02:02] but it gives me the chance now to say [00:02:04] what I think, which is that we should [00:02:07] not necessarily trust the FBI. And by [00:02:09] the way, why would we? It's not an [00:02:12] attack on, you know, the political [00:02:14] leadership of it. I've known Dan Bongino [00:02:15] for example for a long time and like Dan [00:02:17] and don't imagine he would ever be [00:02:20] involved in intentionally covering up a [00:02:21] murder of somebody. I don't believe [00:02:23] that. But Dan Bunino and Cash Patel for [00:02:27] that matter are at the top of the org [00:02:29] chart. But this is a huge organization [00:02:32] and parts of it act independently from [00:02:34] leadership. That's the nature of [00:02:35] bureaucracy. So saying, "Well, I like [00:02:37] Dan Bunino and don't think he would do [00:02:39] something wrong on purpose," which is [00:02:41] how I feel, doesn't mean that I trust [00:02:43] the FBI or have to trust the FBI. And [00:02:45] again, why would I? If there's one [00:02:48] lesson of the last election, the 2024 [00:02:51] election, it's that a lot of our biggest [00:02:54] systems, our biggest institutions have [00:02:56] rot in them, and that needs to be [00:02:58] reformed. And as if we needed more proof [00:03:00] of it, we'd learned what a lot of us [00:03:03] suspected for years that January 6 was [00:03:07] in effect a setup and the FBI was key to [00:03:10] that setup. And it's still not clear [00:03:12] that everyone involved in that setup at [00:03:15] the FBI has been fired or punished for [00:03:17] that. [00:03:19] So no person, no American is under some [00:03:23] moral obligation to believe everything [00:03:26] the government tells you, particularly [00:03:28] institutions or agencies that have a [00:03:31] long documented, factually documented [00:03:33] track record of committing crimes, [00:03:38] participating illegally in our political [00:03:40] system, for example, as the FBI has [00:03:41] done, manufacturing crimes, setting [00:03:43] people up, distorting justice. That's [00:03:46] the opposite of their job, of course, [00:03:48] which is to get to justice through facts [00:03:51] and then to tell the rest of us how they [00:03:53] arrived at this conclusion to prove to [00:03:54] the rest of us that the right people are [00:03:57] being punished. [00:03:59] So, we're not under any obligation. Of [00:04:02] course, we shouldn't like invent [00:04:04] theories to discredit the FBI, but it's [00:04:07] not enough to have government officials [00:04:09] tell us, "Well, this is the truth." we [00:04:10] have a right, probably an obligation to [00:04:13] say, "Well, can you prove it? And if you [00:04:16] can't, I don't have to believe you." [00:04:19] So, if there's one thing that bothers me [00:04:21] above all about the investigation into [00:04:22] Charlie Kirk is that that is getting [00:04:25] lost. As people argue over what [00:04:28] happened, [00:04:30] we are potentially letting our largest [00:04:35] federal law enforcement agency off the [00:04:37] hook. It is the job of the FBI to find [00:04:40] out what happened and to tell the rest [00:04:43] of us. Not hide behind, well, it's [00:04:46] national security confidential sources. [00:04:48] No, tell us what happened. Show us what [00:04:50] happened. Convince us what happened. [00:04:52] That's your job. And we shouldn't accept [00:04:55] anything less. And by the way, when we [00:04:56] do accept something less, [00:05:00] then you know, new explanations fill the [00:05:04] vacuum left by the FBI, which we pay to [00:05:07] explain to us what happened. [00:05:09] And so, I'm going to really do my best [00:05:11] not to talk about things I don't [00:05:13] understand, state things as though I [00:05:15] know them when I don't know them. I'm [00:05:17] going to do my best to stay out of it [00:05:19] because I love Charlie and I want [00:05:21] justice to be done in this case. But the [00:05:24] rest of us should remain skeptical. We [00:05:26] have a duty to remain skeptical and we [00:05:28] should not be ashamed of our skepticism. [00:05:32] Thanks.