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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Court Filing Does NOT Say The Bullet That Killed Charlie Kirk Doesn’t Match The Rifle Allegedly Used By Tyler Robinson
Does a court filing definitively state that the bullet that killed Charlie Kirk does not match the rifle allegedly used by Tyler Robinson? No, that's not true: In court documents, defense lawyers said a summary report by the Bureau of Alc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Erika Kirk Did NOT Announce She Is Opening An Orphanage "In Honor Of Charlie" — It’s A False Rumor Started From Clickbait
Did Erika Kirk announce she was opening an orphanage in honor of Charlie Kirk? No, that's not true: A video on TikTok repeats a false claim which began circulating on social media in late October 2025. There is no record of Erika Kirk ann
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Erika Kirk Dancing In Front Of ‘Charlie Kirk Memorial Highway’ Sign In Arizona Is NOT Real
Does a viral clip show the real Erika Kirk dancing next to a highway sign renaming a road after her late husband, conservative activist Charlie Kirk? No, that's not true: The video is a product of generative AI. It featured shape-shifting
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE Charlie Kirk Wrote Erika Kirk Out Of His Will After Suspected Affair With JD Vance
Does a viral video prove that Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk removed his wife from his will shortly before his murder? No, that's not true: The rumor originated from a self-described satire account. No professional media organi
Lead Stories→ Lead Stories’ Top Debunks Of 2025: Charlie Kirk, Jeffrey Epstein, And What Trump Did NOT Say
False claims about the Charlie Kirk assassination, the Jeffrey Epstein files, and purported verbal gaffes by President Trump topped the list of most-read Lead Stories fact checks in 2025. Here are our most read fact checks of the past yea
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kid Rock Is NOT Donating The Proceeds Of Next Five Shows To Turning Point USA In Charlie Kirk’s Name — It’s Satire
Is Kid Rock donating the proceeds of his next five shows to Turning Point USA in Charlie Kirk's honor? No, that's not true: The story originated on a satirical Facebook page that clearly labels its content as fake. The page's owner is kno
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Reveal Charlie Kirk Murder Suspect Tyler Robinson’s ‘Shocking’ Courtroom Conversation — A Comic Made It
Is a "shocking" video of Charlie Kirk murder defendant Tyler Robinson and his lawyer talking in court before a hearing in the case real? No, that's not true: The news media feed from the same moment and the same camera captured an inaudib
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of Vail School District Teachers Wearing ‘Problem Solved’ Halloween T-Shirts Is NOT Related To Assassination Of Charlie Kirk
Did Arizona teachers mock the murder of the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk by wearing 'Problem Solved' T-shirts covered in what looked like artificial blood? No, that's not true: According to the school district's superintendent,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘The View’ Was NOT Cancelled, Replaced With ‘The Charlie Kirk Show’, As Of October 30, 2025
Did ABC cancel "The View" and replace it with "The Charlie Kirk Show" hosted by the late conservative activist's widow, Erika Kirk, and other people, including Megyn Kelly? No, none of that is true: The show continued to be on air after t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fortnite Did NOT Collaborate On A ‘Charlie Kirk Bundle’ To Honor Kirk With A Game Character
Did Fortnite collaborate to honor the Turning Point USA founder with a "Charlie Kirk Bundle"? No, that's not true: There is no evidence on Fortnite's website of any collaboration involving Kirk and no such announcement can be found on a c
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Disney Did NOT Repeatedly Offer Celebrities $60 Million Charlie Kirk Documentary Deal They Rejected — Copy Pasted Clickbait
Did Disney offer a $60 million deal to dozens of celebrities to produce a documentary about Charlie Kirk, which they all turned down, including the widow of the late conservative activist, Erika Kirk? No, that's not true: None of that is
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Johnny Depp Quotes About Not Knowing Or Following Charlie Kirk Spread By Facebook Page Managed From Vietnam
Is a viral story about Johnny Depp saying "I don't know who that is" about Charlie Kirk and the reactions to it real? No, that's not true: The article, which also has Depp saying he doesn't follow "men who shout for a living", originated
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sharon Osbourne Did NOT Donate $20 Million To Charlie Kirk Memorial Fund
Did Ozzy Osbourne's widow Sharon publicly announce a "$20 million pledge to the Charlie Kirk Memorial Fund"? No, that's not true: No news media reported it. Sharon Osbourne's account on Instagram didn't discuss it, either. The claim appea
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO Evidence To Support Claim Of A Second Bullet At Charlie Kirk Murder Scene — AI Slop Network Produced It
Does evidence support a claim that Charlie Kirk murder investigators "confirmed" they found a bullet in Kirk's body and a second bullet at the scene of the shooting? No, that's not true: Investigators have made no such public disclosures
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Clickbait Brandon Lake Super Bowl Halftime Show Charlie Kirk Tribute Story Made Up By Foreign Spam Network
Did the NFL announce the Super Bowl half time show will have a Charlie Kirk tribute including a performance by Brandon Lake? No, that's not true: A viral story making that claim was published by a foreign-run spam network with elements in
PolitiFact→ Charlie Kirk tributes sounded like Adele and Bieber, but were AI. How to spot synthetic music
How creators used AI to make Charlie Kirk ‘tribute’ songs
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dairy Queen Possibly Visited By Tyler Robinson After Charlie Kirk Shooting Has NOT Shut Down — Still Serving Blizzards
Has the Dairy Queen where a photo possibly shows Tyler Robinson visited hours after he allegedly shot Charlie Kirk to death been suspiciously shut down? No, that's not true: A photographer sent by Lead Stories to the DQ in Orem, Utah, con
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Bob Dylan Quote About Speaking Kindly While You’re Alive Was NOT Response To Charlie Kirk’s Death — Foreign Spam Network
Did singer Bob Dylan just "ignite a firestorm" with a single sentence about Charlie Kirk and was that sentence "If you want people to speak kindly after you're gone, speak kindly while you're alive"? No, that's not true: Dylan is just the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Announce He Was Terminating LGBTQ+ Brand Partnerships After Charlie Kirk Was Killed
After Charlie Kirk was killed, Did Elon Musk announce that he would be ending every partnership tied to LGBTQ+ brands? No, that's not true: This made-up story used names and themes trending in September 2025 to drive clicks to a website.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Erika Kirk Was A Recruiter For Jeffrey Epstein Or That She Had Charlie Kirk Killed
Is there evidence that Erika Kirk was a recruiter for Jeffrey Epstein or that she had her husband, Charlie Kirk, killed to shut him up about it? No, that's not true: The claim appears to be based on another false claim that Erika Kirk ope
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Erika Kirk Did NOT Start And Join A ‘Faith & Fellowship Dating App’ After Charlie Kirk’s Assassination
Did Charlie Kirk's widow, Erika, go on social media to announce that she and her husband's organization, Turning Point USA, started a new dating app and that she joined it even before the memorial service for her husband? No, none of that
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Post Does NOT Include New Hospital Footage Of Charlie Kirk After He Was Shot
Does a post on Facebook provide leaked footage of Charlie Kirk in the hospital after he was shot that shows him alive and interacting with people? No, that's not true: The post that made the claim does not deliver any footage. The image p
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Was NOT A Speaker At Charlie Kirk Memorial, Did NOT Deliver Lines Seen In Social Media Posts
At the Charlie Kirk memorial, did Elon Musk say the conservative organizer and podcaster "...did not live to be erased by the lost...we will not let that sacrifice go unnoticed"? No, that's not true: Musk was not one of the speakers at th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Grindr Denies Reports About Arizona Outages During Charlie Kirk Memorial Service — Possibly Based On Social Media Speculation
Did the servers for gay dating app Grindr in Phoenix or Glendale have problems handling increased traffic related to Charlie Kirk's memorial service in Arizona on September 21, 2025? No, that's not true: A website named Downdetector did s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Private Jet N888KG Is NOT Part Of Investigation Into Utah Assassination Of Charlie Kirk, As Of September 21, 2025
Is the privately owned aircraft with the tail number N888KG known to be part of the investigation of the assassination of Charlie Kirk? No, that's not true: On September 21, 2025, FBI Director Kash Patel wrote on social media that the inv
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Equal Pay Quote Misattributed To Charlie Kirk By Parody Account On X — Originally Attributed To Mike Honda
Did Charlie Kirk say "Equal pay isn't just a women's issue; when women get equal pay, their family incomes rise and the whole family benefits."? No, there's no evidence for that: The quote is widely attributed to former U.S. Representativ
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sharon Osbourne Did NOT Storm Off Jimmy Kimmel Or Jimmy Fallon Show Over Charlie Kirk Remarks — Didn’t Appear On Either
Did Ozzy Osbourne's widow Sharon storm off "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" or "Jimmy Fallon's show" over remarks about Charlie Kirk? No, that's not true: Osbourne did not appear on either show since the death of Charlie Kirk. The story originated on
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Superman Poster Does NOT Prove Photo Of Tyler Robinson In Dairy Queen Was Not Taken Hours After Charlie Kirk Shooting
Does a Superman poster in a Dairy Queen prove Charlie Kirk murder suspect Tyler Robinson was not photographed hours after the September 10, 2025, shooting? No, that's not true: Podcaster Candace Owens shared a security camera image that s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Eminem Did NOT Release ‘Emotional Tribute Song’ For Charlie Kirk
Did Eminem release a tribute song for Charlie Kirk? No, that's not true: As of September 19, 2025, no Eminem's official pages mentioned the purported song. An account that posted the 2-minute 22-second music video included a disclaimer th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Charlie Kirk Did NOT Record A Video Before His Death, "Knowing This Day Might Come."
Did Charlie Kirk make this final video sometime before he died, "Knowing this day might come"? No, that's not true: A video posted on TikTok contains a mashup of real scenes, but the audio is fake. A specialized detection tool analyzed th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Simone Biles Did NOT Write a Blog Post About Charlie Kirk, Days After His Death in September 2025
Did Simone Biles write a "lengthy, emotionally charged" blog post about Charlie Kirk, days after his assassination in September 2025? No, that's not true: As of September 19, the gymnast's website and social media profiles contain no trac
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Metallica Vocalist James Hetfield Has NOT Committed To Funding The Education Of Charlie Kirk’s Children — It’s One Of Several Social Media Traffic Scams
Did Metallica vocalist James Hetfield commit to pay for the education of Kirk's children, as multiple social media posts said? No, that's not true: There were no news reports or public statements backing up any of that. Hetfield has made
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Transcripts In Charlie Kirk Murder Case Do NOT Include Tyler Robinson Asking His Roommate How To ‘Become Muslim’
Does a viral image show an authentic transcript of a conversation between Tyler Robinson and his roommate about how to become Muslim? No, that's not true: Most likely intended to be a joke, the picture showed a made-up exchange. No court
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Metallica’s Frontman James Hetfield Did NOT Say That Killing Of Charlie Kirk Resulted From Conspiracy And ‘A Dark Plan’
Did Metallica's frontman James Hetfield publicly suggest that the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk was the result of "a dark plan"? No, that's not true: No credible media outlets reported that. The musician didn't write that
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mookie Betts And Others Did NOT Post Quote About Speaking Kindly In Reaction To Charlie Kirk Shooting — Foreign Spam Network
Did Mookie Betts or other athletes say "If you want people to speak kindly about you after you're gone, then you should speak kindly while you're alive." in relation to the shooting of Charlie Kirk? No, that's not true: The fake quote, al
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Charlie Kirk’s Wife Erika Saying She Will ‘Never Marry Anyone Else’ Is FAKE
Is a video showing Charlie Kirk's wife Erika Kirk saying "I will never marry anyone else" after his death authentic? No, that's not true: The video is likely AI generated. Erika Kirk has spoken publicly once since her husband was shot and
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Message From Africa’ Video For Charlie Kirk Was Ordered From Africa Birthday Greeting Group
Did a group of African men send a "God bless you" video message to slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk because of his missionary work in Africa? No, that's not true: The video was produced by an African company that takes orders for
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ted Cruz Did NOT Cover Over Graffiti That Said "Release The Epstein Files" — The Photo Was Edited, The Graffiti Cruz Painted Over Said "F— Charlie Kirk"
Did U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz paint over graffiti which said, "Release the Epstein Files"? No, that's not true: The image has been edited. The original image was shared on social media by Cruz and showed him painting over graffiti that said "F--
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Claiming Two Clips Of Charlie Kirk’s Shooter In Action Shows The Wrong Building In One Clip
Does a video posted on TikTok show two clips of Charlie Kirk's shooter on the roof of a Utah Valley University building when the fatal shot was fired? No, that's not true: The post uses two different video clips and the first one does not