Screencap of Twitter/X video. Vice President JD Vance has stated that the evidence is clear that Tyler Robinson assassinated conservative leader Charlie Kirk, but he continues to question whether others helped radicalize the suspect into carrying out the murder.

In an interview with The Daily Wire, Vance said, “Do I think Tyler Robinson pulled the trigger and killed Charlie Kirk? Absolutely. I think the evidence is clear on that.”

The interview comes as prosecutors wrapped up the preliminary hearing in Utah on Friday in the case against Robinson, the 23-year-old accused of assassinating Kirk on September 10 at Utah Valley University.

Robinson has been charged with first-degree murder in the sniper-style shooting that took place while Kirk was speaking to students on campus.

The Daily Wire reports:

Vance addressed claims in an upcoming book from New York Times journalists Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman, who report that Vance’s “instincts told him that there was a larger plot behind” Kirk’s murder in the days following Kirk’s death. Swan and Haberman wrote that Vance “went down countless online rabbit holes, becoming so consumed by the videos and the theories that his wife, Usha, told him she was worried about him.”

The vice president emphasized that the aspect of Kirk’s death that will always haunt him is the possibility that other individuals were involved in radicalizing Robinson.

“Do I think that Tyler Robinson is part of a broader network of left wing radicals who have fomented and encouraged violence? Absolutely. Do I know that they communicated with Tyler Robinson before the shooting? No, I don’t have evidence for that.”

“I’m always going to wonder,” Vance said. “I’m always going to wonder what was said and how many contacts he had beforehand. By the way, it doesn’t mean that [Robinson’s] any less guilty. But do I wonder if there are other people who are more directly involved in Charlie’s murder? Absolutely, because I don’t think that it’s possible for a young man to get radicalized like that without somebody encouraging him, whether informally or formally.”

“I think there are a lot of people with blood on their hands in the case of Charlie Kirk, but of course, the person most directly who has blood on their hands is Tyler Robinson,” he concluded.

“The truth is that Charlie is dead because a bunch of left-wing radicals have preached a message that it’s okay to kill people you disagree with, and unfortunately, for my friend and, importantly for his family, there’s at least one guy in Utah who took that message to heart and and and murdered a young innocent father,” the vice president said. “The worst part about all of this is not my my personal grief, as much as that’s very real, and the country’s loss, but the fact that I know that Erika and two little kids are going to grow up without their husband and father.”

During the hearing, prosecutors presented surveillance footage showing what is said to be Robinson on the UVU campus four separate times on the day of the assassination.

Video reportedly captured him arriving early in the morning, returning later, and lying prone on the roof of the Losee Center with a clear line of sight to where Kirk was seated.

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Additional evidence included trace DNA matching Robinson on the rifle used in the shooting, as well as on a towel and screwdriver recovered from the scene.

Prosecutors also introduced a note expressing Robinson’s intent to “take out” Charlie Kirk, along with cell phone data, ammunition casings bearing political messages, and witness testimony, including from his transgender furry boyfriend, Lance Twiggs.

Twiggs told investigators that Robinson confessed to killing Kirk and expressed regret the following day, saying he wished he “hadn’t done it.”

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