Tyler Robinson confessed to his gay lover that he murdered Charlie Kirk and provided indications of a motive, according to newly released texts.
The shocking messages were provided to police by Robinson's transgender boyfriend, Lance Twiggs, the New York Post reported. Robinson has been charged with aggravated murder, exposing him to the death penalty, and a slew of other charges stemming from his efforts to cover up the crime.
"You weren’t the one who did it right???” wrote Twiggs.
“I am, I’m sorry,” Robinson responded.
Twiggs is cooperating with police, and he has not been accused of wrongdoing, although his failure to alert the authorities has raised questions.
“There is generally no duty to report a crime,” former prosecutor Neama Rahmani told The New York Post. “Now, obviously, people can be charged as co-conspirators, accessories, principals, aiders and abetters. But just knowing that a crime has been committed — even murder — is not sufficient to hold someone criminally liable.”
In the immediate aftermath of the September 10 assassination, Robinson told his lover and roommate to look for an incriminating note under his desk.
Twiggs located the note, which reads, "I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and I’m going to take it.”
In the messages, Twiggs expressed shock and asked why Robinson did it - to which he responded that he "had enough of his [Kirk's] hatred" and "some hate can't be negotiated out."
Robinson also told Twiggs that engravings he left on the bullet casings, including anti-fascist inscriptions, were "mostly a big meme."
He fretted about being unable to recover his rifle, which he had discarded in a wooded area, and questioned what he would tell his "die-hard MAGA" father, who reached out to ask about the gun.
“my dad wants photos of the rifle … he says grandpa wants to know who has what, the feds released a photo of the rifle, and it is very unique. he’s calling me rn, not answering," Robinson wrote.
Robinson ended his text confession by telling Twiggs to delete the chats, hire a lawyer, and "stay silent."
In addition to murder, Robinson has been charged with obstruction, witness tampering, felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury, and commission of a violent offense in the presence of children.
The obstruction charges come from Robinson discarding his clothing and the rifle, which he abandoned at the scene wrapped in a towel.
The FBI is looking into whether anyone had advance knowledge of the attack, which has laid bare the radical left's troubling embrace of political violence.
Many on the left have tried to paint Robinson as right-wing, without evidence.
While police have not identified an exact motive, Robinson's twisted belief that Kirk deserved to be killed for "spreading hate" plainly echoes the radical left, which has glorified the horrific murder in the same terms.
According to charging documents, Robinson's mother told police that her son had moved to the left and became "more pro-gay and pro-trans" over the past year. She said his relationship with a male led to discussions within the family and particularly between Robinson and his conservative father who, the mother said, have "very different" views.
