When "just asking questions" isn't just asking questions. A growing number of people—misled by podcasters—seem to think it’s evidence of a criminal conspiracy cover-up that the FBI hasn’t released new evidence in the Charlie Kirk assassination case for several months. Neither they nor the entertainers they follow understand how the U.S. criminal justice system works. Since Tyler Robinson’s arrest on Sept. 11, the case has entered the pre-trial phase. That means every piece of evidence gathered by the Utah Department of Public Safety, Utah Valley University Police, and the FBI must now be preserved for review by both prosecution and defense in anticipation of trial. The conspiracy theorist podcasters also think there is evidence of a cover-up because a Utah County judge issued a gag order. He did the right thing, actually. Trials, due process and the procedures leading up to them are supposed to be sacred. When courts lose control of a case, pre-trial publicity can explode into chaos—a circus—and poison the jury pool. We’ve already seen how destructive that can be. Just look at what happened before and during the Derek Chauvin-George Floyd trial. British courts, for example, can impose wide restrictions on media coverage of pending criminal cases to protect the accused's right to a fair trial. We don't have that in the U.S. Popular podcasters styling themselves as true crime investigative journalists have done immense damage to the Charlie Kirk case by planting seeds of doubt into the public's minds with nonsensical and schizophrenic lines of inquiry that lead nowhere, yet always conclude that there is a grand federal government-led cover-up.
Conspiracy Theories Might Sabotage Justice for Charlie Kirk
YouTube and social media entertainers are chasing fantasies and diverting attention away from the threat of left-wing violence.
