FBI Director Patel Provides Update on Charlie Kirk Assassination Investigation

‘We’re working with the prosecutors in Utah to make sure we don’t screw up their investigation,’ he says.

People visit a memorial for Charlie Kirk at the Turning Point USA headquarters in Phoenix, Ariz., on Sept. 12, 2025. Eric Thayer/Getty Images

FBI Director Kash Patel over the weekend provided an update into the assassination of Charlie Kirk, saying that he believes the suspect in the case was responsible for the Turning Point USA founder’s death.

Kirk was shot and killed during an event at a university in Utah on Sept. 10, and Robinson was taken into custody the next day.