BOMBSHELL: Tucker Exposes FBI Rot in Kirk Assassination, Confirms Candace Owens’ Explosive Egyptian Plane Declare
Tucker Carlson has broken months of near-silence on the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, urging Americans to remain skeptical of the FBI’s handling of the case while affirming two explosive factual claims raised by commentator Candace Owens about Egyptian-registered aircraft and foreign cell phones linked to the killing.
In a new video statement, Carlson said he has “really tried not to comment on the murder investigation in public” during the three months since Kirk was killed, citing his personal relationships with several key figures now embroiled in the controversy. He described Kirk as someone he loved and had known “since he was a teenager,” and said he also knows and respects Candace Owens, former TPUSA staffer Blake Neff, and Kirk’s widow Erika Kirk.
Carlson explained that he initially stayed out of the public debate because he did not believe he knew more than the broader public and because he did not want to criticize anyone “earnestly searching for the truth” about the assassination, even if they reached incorrect conclusions. He framed good-faith inquiry as a “sincere mistake” when it goes wrong, stressing that his goal is to honor Kirk’s memory by supporting a serious search for justice.
Watch Tucker Carlson’s full statement below:
On Charlie Kirk’s assassination. pic.twitter.com/uuSNjeRXt6
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) December 10, 2025
‘We Should Not Trust the FBI’
Carlson said a recent three-hour conversation with comedian Theo Von led to renewed controversy after he stated he does not trust the FBI, which some interpreted as accusing specific individuals of involvement in Kirk’s assassination. He clarified that he was not accusing anyone personally but used the moment to restate that “we should not necessarily trust the FBI,” citing what he called a “factually documented track record” of the bureau committing abuses and political interference.
He pointed to the 2024 election and the handling of January 6 as evidence of “rot” inside major institutions and argued that large bureaucracies can act independently of their nominal leadership, even when that leadership includes people he respects such as FBI Director Kash Patel and former agent Dan Bongino. Carlson said no American has a moral duty to accept government narratives at face value and insisted citizens have “a right, probably an obligation” to demand that agencies prove their claims in major cases like Kirk’s assassination.
Demanding Transparency in the Kirk Case
Carlson argued that the central failure in the Kirk investigation so far is the erosion of that demand for proof, warning that “we are potentially letting our largest federal law enforcement agency off the hook” as public debate shifts to infighting and theory battles. He said it is the FBI’s job “to find out what happened and to tell the rest of us,” not hide behind claims of secrecy, national security, or confidential sources.
According to Carlson, if the FBI does not fully explain and substantiate its findings, “new explanations fill the vacuum,” fueling speculation and distrust. He said he intends to avoid stating more than he actually knows about the case out of respect for Kirk and the gravity of the crime, but he insisted that “the rest of us should remain skeptical” and “should not be ashamed” of that skepticism while the federal government’s public case remains incomplete.
Backing Owens’ Claims on Egyptian Aircraft and Phones
On Theo Von’s podcast, Carlson directly addressed two specific claims by Candace Owens that have become a flashpoint in the larger debate over Kirk’s assassination. He said Owens’ report that “Egyptian registered aircraft were following Erika Kirk, Charlie’s widow, around for a number of years in different places in the world” is “factually true,” calling it “one of the weirdest things” he has ever heard and stressing that he has “literally no idea” what it means.
Tucker Carlson confirms Candace Owens’ claim that Egyptian-registered aircraft were following Erika Kirk for years.
“That’s one of the weirdest things I’ve ever heard, and I just want to say, that is factually true.” pic.twitter.com/a53SoeMblk
— National File (@NationalFile) December 11, 2025
Carlson further confirmed Owens’ assertion that there was “a disproportionately large number of foreign registered cell phones” at the event where Kirk was shot and killed, adding that this second data point is also “true,” even though he cannot say what it proves. He emphasized that these facts, taken together, impose “a moral and legal obligation” on the FBI to “look in every direction and to be open-minded” about leads and possibilities in the case, rather than narrowing prematurely to a single narrative.
Journalism, Science and Real Investigation
Carlson used those confirmed data points to outline what he described as the proper method for serious inquiry, arguing that real investigations in “journalism and science” work the same way as honest law enforcement. He said investigators should acknowledge when they do not know the answer, then “sift through everything as open-mindedly” and honestly as possible to “get to what the truth is,” calling that shared process “science,” “law enforcement,” “journalism” and “justice” all at once.
He closed by saying he wants to make sure that kind of rigorous, open-ended investigation is actually happening in the Kirk case but that he does not “have a ton of confidence in the FBI or the men who run it.” While he pledged to keep his own public statements within the limits of what he knows first-hand, he insisted that ordinary Americans must continue to push for answers in Charlie Kirk’s assassination and refuse to accept less than full transparency from the federal government.