The effort to bring federal charges has been met with resistance by some career prosecutors who argue the crime doesn’t appear to fall under any federal statutes.
Three months after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the Justice Department is weighing how to bring federal charges against the shooter, including under a novel legal theory that it was an anti-Christian hate crime, according to three people familiar with the investigation.
The suspect, Tyler Robinson, is already facing multiple state charges, including an aggravated murder count, and Utah prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty. Robinson’s partner is trans, and authorities have produced text messages from the suspect to his partner saying he was motivated to kill Kirk because he had “enough of his hatred.”
It’s not uncommon for defendants to face both state and federal charges, including for drug-related crimes and domestic terrorist attacks, among other offenses. But the effort to bring federal charges in the Kirk case has been met with resistance by some career prosecutors who have argued that the crime doesn’t appear to fall under any federal statutes, the three people said.
the Justice Department is weighing how to bring federal charges against the shooter, including under a novel legal theory that it was an anti-Christian hate crime
authorities have produced text messages from the suspect to his partner saying he was motivated to kill Kirk because he had “enough of his hatred.”
So they’re straight up saying that American Christianity = Hatred.
Why waste a good crisis when you can create more wedge issues and erode constitutional rights?
The chaos is the point because now anything is up for grabs.
You’re saying the Justice Department is just bringing unfounded, trumped-up charges to try and get involved? No way!
trumped-up charges
I see what you did there
Are they unaware that Mormonism is a form of Christianity?
The supposed shooter was themselves, a Christian.
A lot of Christians don’t think Mormons are Christian. They are of course, but many don’t think so.
Someone told me the other day that Catholics weren’t Christians. I’m like… They are the og Christians.
The person refused to believe me.
Were they Baptists? I know plenty of Protestants, most especially Baptists, that will definitely be quite vocal about their belief that Catholics are not “real” xtians.
Why yes. They were.
I grew up with that nonsense. Many evangelical and charismatic Christians think that Catholics aren’t true Christians. My “non denominational” high school encouraged students to visit other churches, as long as it wasn’t Catholic, Anglican, Mormon or Jehovah’s witnesses. I guess they had a direct line to God Almighty in the principles office.
Oh yeah you hear the wildest shit from protestants growing up catholic
I mean history is full of different sects of a religion going to war with each other (or at least hating each other).
Technically it’s a hate crime because the goyper thinks Charlie isn’t far right enough and hates him enough to kill.
Absolute clown show of a prosecution. Can’t wait until we can dissect this one with hindsight.
