WarRoom Battleground EP 850: Investigation And Arraignment Of Kirk Assasination Cont.

Summary

Podcast Summary: Bannon's War Room Battleground EP 850 — Investigation and Arraignment of Kirk Assassination (Cont.)

Date: September 16, 2025
Host: Steve Bannon
Guest: Michael Patrick Leahy

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Overview

This episode focuses on the investigation and arraignment surrounding the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Steve Bannon is joined by Michael Patrick Leahy, a longtime conservative commentator and investigative journalist, for an in-depth discussion about the radicalization of armed transgender and LGBTQ militias, the integrity and plausibility of new evidence (notably text messages), law enforcement response, and the cultural and political factors in Utah connected to the case. The episode also critiques mainstream media narratives and addresses deeper concerns about the direction of American society, particularly regarding education and political leadership.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

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1. Background on Michael Patrick Leahy and the Nashville Shooting

(00:51–03:23)

• Bannon introduces Leahy as an expert in investigating violence linked to radical groups, especially in the wake of the Nashville school shooting.
• Leahy’s credentials span from Tea Party organizing to launching newspapers and radio shows.

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2. Rise of Armed Transgender/LGBTQ Militias

(03:24–06:12)

• Leahy details the existence of numerous armed and radicalized LGBTQ militia groups.

• Example: “Armed Queers of Salt Lake City,” led by “Irmaiya Fanayan,” a transgender Iranian immigrant, who allegedly turned too radical for more mainstream groups like Pink Pistols.

• Bannon questions how such groups are organized and why the FBI’s response seems inadequate.

  “There is a very deep group of transgender LGBTQ militias around the country. ... Armed Queers of Salt Lake City held training just a few miles from the site of the shooting.”
  (Michael Patrick Leahy, 03:25)

  “If God and the Holy Spirit got you at birth as a boy, you’re a boy...I want to go to the radicalness of it. When he’s saying he’s in a group called Pink Pistols and they say this guy’s too radical, you’re just not welcome here.”
  (Steve Bannon, 04:19)

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3. Law Enforcement & Military Infiltration

(06:13–10:31)

• Bannon and Leahy discuss law enforcement’s slow action and compare it to how radical left and anti-war groups were infiltrated in the 1960s.

• Delays in releasing manifestos (e.g., from the Nashville shooter) are criticized.

• Leahy confirms that “about 85%” of the Nashville manifesto has been released after legal pressure.

• Both agree the FBI and DOJ are slow even under a “Trump 2.0” administration.

  “The FBI and the Department of Justice, Even under Trump 2.0, have been slow on the uptake. ...they should really, really go in and begin aggressive investigation into all of these violent LGBTQ transgender groups, because they are armed and obviously they are dangerous.”
  (Michael Patrick Leahy, 11:24)

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4. Polling and Generational Divide on Political Violence

(11:42–14:17)

• Bannon cites a poll from Scott Rasmussen indicating that 15% of Americans, and 26% of those under age 35, believed Kirk’s murder was justified.

• Discussion about the radicalization of younger generations links back to educational institutions and social movements.

  “This is the radical nature, and this is why we have to escalate to take down this 26%. ...There is no common ground.”
  (Steve Bannon, 12:30–13:15)

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5. Analysis of Evidence: Suspect’s Text Messages and Plausibility

(14:17–25:15)

• The episode plays and analyzes a statement from the police describing the suspect’s detailed and confessional text messages to his roommate/romantic partner.

• Bannon and Leahy express skepticism:

  • The texts are “too on the nose,” almost “choreographed” to exonerate others.
  • The specificity and emotional tone are compared to scripted Hollywood drama, not a panicked post-crime exchange (“Is that what wells up in you? A Shakespeare-like sonnet?” — Bannon).
  • Bannon and Leahy question why the roommate and others aren’t treated as possible accomplices or at least key witnesses.

  “If you were in Hollywood and walked in with that script to a producer, the first thing they would say: it’s too on the nose...People in those situations are not, you know, you’re so jacked up, you’re so afraid they’re going to come and get you and kill you.”
  (Steve Bannon, 22:07)

  “It’s almost as if they are choreographed to get the roommate ... outside the scope of the investigation.”
  (Michael Patrick Leahy, 23:48)

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6. Mainstream Media Reaction and Narrative

(19:08–22:06, revisited at 31:01–34:50)

• ABC News anchor David Muir is quoted describing the suspect’s texts as “very touching...a very intimate portrait.”

• Bannon reacts with derision, criticizing the media for humanizing the killer and not focusing on the brutality of the act.

  “If that guy is on the payroll at ABC News...he’s just adding to this madness. It’s a duality. ...How can this guy be a cold-blooded murderer? This is what they got all the freaks today showing up to.”
  (Steve Bannon, 19:57)

  “The reporters getting teary eyed and choked up because wasn’t that tender? Who gets the time to write a Shakespeare sonnet to your estranged or your lover? ...I am absolutely not buying this.”
  (Steve Bannon, 31:10–32:35)

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7. Timeline and Physical Evidence Inconsistencies

(34:50–39:40)

• Bannon scrutinizes security footage timelines (peg leg, no peg leg), weapon assembly, and the suspect’s ability to execute the shooting logistics.
• Suggests additional people should be under investigation, especially the roommate and everyone involved in the Discord chat.
• Reiterates skepticism about the “scripted” nature of the evidence and demands more transparency and investigation.

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8. Utah Politics, Governor Cox, and Institutional Responsibility

(40:49–43:40)

• Audio is played from a critical ad against Governor Spencer Cox, accused of pushing DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) in schools and fostering the policy climate responsible for violence from radicalized youth.
• Bannon and Leahy argue Cox and his policies have allowed “armed queers” and radical groups to thrive.
• Leahy references a “metastasizing” problem of socialist/Marxist ideology among educators and students, dating back to 2017.
• Bannon calls for a broad investigation into not just individuals but institutions and political leaders like Cox.

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9. Broader Cultural Problems: Education & the New Left

(43:40–49:11)

• Bannon asserts the radicalization spreads beyond public schools into private institutions via SEL (Social Emotional Learning).
• Leahy insists introducing choice and reform in public education is critical to combating the spread of these ideologies.
• Repeated emphasis on the necessity for right-wing escalation and “no unity” with opposition after Kirk’s murder.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “[W]e’re in the war room, baby. ...in the war room, you’re a boy or a girl, the way God assigned it and the Holy Spirit assigned it at birth.”
  (Steve Bannon, 04:19)

• “Let me go back to the poll...15% Americans believed that the murder of Charlie Kirk was justified. And that was about 26% of people under the age of 35.”
  (Michael Patrick Leahy, 10:31)

• “Dad’s going to be so mad about grandpa’s rifle. Dude, your father is supposedly maga. ...You just murdered the most important young person in the world in the conservative movement, you murdered him. ...I am absolutely not buying this.”
  (Steve Bannon, 31:10–32:35)

• “This thing has metastasized. That’s why...26% of those under age 35...thought that the assassination of Charlie Kirk was at least partially justified. Just terrible. And we just have to stop it. ... We have to introduce choice into public schools.”
  (Michael Patrick Leahy, 43:40)

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Important Timestamps

• [00:51] — Introduction & Overview of Charlie Kirk assassination
• [03:24] — Leahy: Rise of armed transgender/LGBTQ militias
• [06:12] — FBI scrutiny and response to militia groups
• [11:24] — Leahy: FBI and DOJ slow response, even under Trump
• [14:17] — Police report on detailed suspect texts (reads full exchange)
• [19:08] — David Muir (ABC News) segment and Bannon’s reaction
• [22:06] — Bannon: Critique of the plausibility of suspect’s texts
• [23:48] — Leahy: Skepticism over the text message narrative
• [31:01] — Bannon: Further critique of the text messages, language, and emotional tone
• [40:49] — Audio from ad criticizing Utah Gov. Cox
• [43:40] — Leahy: Problems in public education and rise of socialist values

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Conclusion

Bannon and Leahy paint a picture of a broader crisis: radicalization within transgender/LGBTQ militias, a slow and potentially complicit law enforcement response, mainstream media misrepresentation, and left-wing cultural influence via institutions like schools and state government. The episode is marked by skepticism over official accounts, calls for sweeping investigations, and insistence on the urgency of right-wing action to address what they see as a deepening cultural and political threat.

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Transcript

[Steve Bannon]

This is the primal scream of a dying regime. Pray for our enemies because we're going medieval on these people. Christians not got a free shot. All these networks lying about the people. The people have had a belly full of it. I know you don't like hearing that. I know you try to do everything in the world to stop that, but you're not going to stop it. It's going to happen. And where do people like that go to share the big lie? MAGA Media. I wish in my soul, I wish that any of these people had a conscience. Ask yourself, what is my task and what is my purpose? If that answer is to save my country, this country will be saved.

[Michael Patrick Leahy]

War Room.

[Steve Bannon]

Here's your host, Stephen K. Ban. Okay, it's Tuesday the 16th of September in the year of our Lord 2025. Charlie Kirk's the alleged assassin was arraigned today. And of course, they got a little different system in Utah. All the states have slightly different systems and I find they don't really have a grand jury system for things like this. They have this kind of charging document or they give enough to be able to charge. And they, they had a press conference today or a press avail in Reddit. I've asked to join me for the second hour, a guy who has become an expert kind of in all this. And let me just give you his bona fides, because I don't think that he had talked about enough. I've known Leahy now, I don't know, for 15 years. We were colleagues over at Breitbart. He was one of the founders, I think he was one of the founders on the first conference call, that famous conference call, but the Tea Party, Michael Patrick Leahy was on that. And one of the founders of the Tea Party movement, also a brilliant guy, a Harvard. He did the. What in the old days used to be the big event. He did a Harvard college undergraduate degree, not a trade school. I went to the business school. He was not a trade school. He actually went to the college Harvard and then he went to Stanford Business School, which tried to supplant Harvard as the number one business school in the world. It failed, but it had a run. It had a run. And then Leahy just being Leahy, because he's running, I think, nine newspapers. He's got a nationwide group of kind of newspapers. He does. And the Tennessee Star and has an amazing radio program because Leahy being Leahy, he decides at his advanced stage he's going to go. He's going to. He doesn't have a Law degree. He's got a Harvard college undergraduate degree. He's got an MBA from Stanford, but he doesn't have a law degree. So he's going to go to night school for law and get a law degree. And to be blunt, as a good friend of his, he's been insufferable ever since. Now I'm getting Leahy the lawyer every day I'm talking, but Leahy, you are, I think, one of the living experts in this whole kind of the violent radical, I would almost call it paramilitary nature of the. Of this transgender movement. Because of your work, as only Leahy can do, with the Nashville shooter, of which if it was not for you, we wouldn't have even the parts of the manifesto we got. So before I go through and start playing some clips, give me your overall assessment about this, sir.

[Michael Patrick Leahy]

Well, there is a very deep group of transgender LGBTQ militias around the country. And we were looking into the connection between those groups and. And the shooter, the alleged shooter, the assassin of Charlie Kirk. And because we were looking into it, we found this group called Armed Queers of Salt Lake City, and they'd held some training just a few miles from the site of the shooting a couple weeks ago. The founder of that group is a 24 year old transgender immigrant from Iran. Her name is Irmaya Fanayan, and she quite has a very bizarre background. She's got her start. She transitioned when she was in high school from male.

[Steve Bannon]

Hang on. Full stop, full stop, full stop, full stop, full stop. We're in the war room, baby. It's a Persian dude. Okay? Whatever they do to themselves, they can do. No, no, they can do. Hey, I. I got no problem. You can do what you want to do to yourself. You can call yourself anything you want. You can do all that. And hey, if that's what you think your task and purpose is, do it. But in the war room, you're a boy or a girl, the way God assigned it and the Holy Spirit assigned it at birth. So you got a Persian guy, right? That is the leader, one of the leaders of this thing. So what did this guy. What did this guy who transitioned now to a lovely young lady, you're calling them militias. When you say militias, you mean they're armed up and they're taking target practice?

[Michael Patrick Leahy]

Yeah, I mean, there's a. There are a number of, quote, democratic socialist militia groups around the country. There have been a couple here in Nashville. And the FBI now has this group under scrutiny. The founder of the group has a bizarre background. The Persian dude who purportedly transitioned while in high school, got his political start working with. Wait it, wait for it, David Hogg in 2018 on anti, anti gun groups, but then quickly became part of a group called Pink Pistols. But they kicked her out apparently, or him out apparently, because she was a little bit too radical even for them. And so now the group that, that he founded, Armed Queers for Salt Lake City, is apparently under FBI scrutiny for possible connections to this terrible assassination.

[Steve Bannon]

Here's what I don't get given and I'm not saying he didn't transition to wherever he thought he was going to be. Just as, hey, we'd like to keep it simple here. No pronouns, no nothing. Hey, if God and the Holy Spirit got you at birth as a boy, you're a boy, they got you as a girl. There's two genders, boys and girls. Whatever they do, they're going to do, right? Whatever they're going to do, they're going to do. I want to go to the radicalness of it. When he's saying he's in a group called Pink Pistols and they say this guy's too radical, you're just not welcome here. And he goes, from what? Armed Queers of Salt Lake City and they're taking militia practice. Why has the FBI and particularly given and get people up to date what happened in Nashville? And if you want to have a brutal. By the way, they take the videos down right away. I don't think there's been a more heartrendering situation, Lahey, a couple of years ago when we got you on about that situation in, in, in Nashville where that, where that young woman's going through the school hunting down 6 year olds. They hunted down little 6 year old and 7 year olds because they're so hate filled about what their own lives are. It's the same thing in Minneapolis. They're putting the gun in between the stained glass windows into a church to gun down little kids at mass. They hate children. They hate innocent children and they hunt them down and they gun them down like they're dogs, just like they hated Charlie Kirk. And you see what happens there. So, so tell me about. Why is the FBI not on top of this? Given, given everything that came out of Nashville and everything's coming to Minneapolis.

[Michael Patrick Leahy]

Well, our reporting suggests that they are on top of it and that this group is under scrutiny. You know, it's been, it's been not quite a week since Charlie was assassinated in Orem, Utah. I think they're really looking into it. I suspect what, I suspect they're going to find here Steve is. And the text messages that came out that were reported just a few hours ago by the district attorney in Utah county suggest that others may have known about this. And I think what they're going to find is there were probably a great number of individuals within this murky transgender militia universe.

[Steve Bannon]

Hell yes.

[Michael Patrick Leahy]

Who are aware of the possibility.

[Steve Bannon]

Hell yes.

[Michael Patrick Leahy]

And didn't do anything about it. So I think right now there's going to be a lot more investigation. I actually, my view on this, that I think Cash Patel at the FBI has done a. A much better job. Yeah, but than the FBI under Biden.

[Steve Bannon]

I got with the Covenant Killer, of course, because Biden was having him into the fricking Oval Office. The Bud Light dude was in the Oval Office doing question and answers over at the residents doing question and answers. Of course we're doing a better job. But all the investigation. This is like the things that drive me crazy is when they all talk about the partnerships and the great partnerships they got at the beginning of these press conferences. That's as bad as thoughts and prayers. Right. The other is afterwards, like in Minneapolis or in Nashville, you got up armored Humvees, you got guys with 50 cows, everybody's up, up in a vest. They got a million people around. When it doesn't matter. Okay, I want to know why these weren't infiltrated after Nashville. Why do you need. With Nashville and every other one, they got a, you know, they got a half a dozen of these. Why do you need. Why do we need Charlie Kirk gunned down? Well, we don't. We haven't infiltrated these groups like you did. All the anti war groups and radical groups in the 60s and 70s. Why are they not infiltrated? Why do we not know about the discord? Why do we not. And they're saying, steve, you're just being too hard. Well, hold it. Hang over a second. This is what they're supposed to be doing because you had these militias, this radicalness and the violence. They are looking for violent solutions. Look at the manifestos. The manifestos are crazed. The manifesto, the little we've got from Nashville, it'll make your head spin. And then Minneapolis. And by the way, what percentage of the manifesto do we have right now from Nashville? Is it all out or are you still fighting?

[Michael Patrick Leahy]

We have about 85% of it. Because. And again, I'll say this, we were critical early on of how long it took Cash Patel's FBI to get this out. But they have honored their word when we. When we agreed to Drop the suit. And they have given us about 1500 pages so far, and we've been analyzing it. But your. Your broader point is quite correct. You know, let me go back to the poll. I don't know if you saw this poll, Steve, that Scott Rasmussen at Nepalitan News put out yesterday. 15% Americans believed that the murder of Charlie Kirk was justified. And that was about 26% of people under the age of 35. Now, there are a whole bunch of those folks that are part of these groups. And you are absolutely right. The FBI and the Department of Justice, Even under Trump 2.0, have been slow on the uptake, and they should really, really go in and begin aggressive investigation into all of these violent LGBTQ transgender groups, because they are armed and obviously they are dangerous.

[Steve Bannon]

So how much I'm do some rough math here. And you're a Harvard and Stanford grad, so you're going to help me out. There's 330 million. Let's say 350, right? Maybe count everybody up. 350 million people in the country. What is that? That is 70 million. 1035. That's 70. That's over. According to Rasmussen's poll, if I do my. My sums correctly, north of 80 million people in this country, right? Oh, that's total under 35, 26% of that. So you could have 20 or 30 million. You could have 20 or 30 million people, right? You can have 20 or 30 million people in this country that say. You're saying 26% under the age of 35, 26% of 35 think it's justified. This is the radical nature, and this is why Tillis, we have to escalate to take down this 26%. You see Charlie Kirk, the best. Charlie Kirk's the best we got. He's the one that will sit down with them and debate them and go into the lion's den. Fearless, a man of spirit. And believe in his spirit, believe in eternal life, believe in our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. He was fearless. You're not going to get any better than Charlie Kirk. That's the best we got, okay? And they shot him down like an animal, killed him in cold blood in front of the world. And didn't you saw the charges of Dave, you know, doing something in front of little kids? They don't care. And if you've seen the left, the way they're mocking him, this 26% and his children, a lot of people say, well, why don't you get the kids and his wife? You see that These people are. You can't. There's no unity there. There's nothing. There is no common ground. There's no common ground that they take up the same space and have been afforded these amazing opportunities like this young guy. And I'll be blunt. I don't know why the parents aren't rolled up right now as coconspirators or lease accessories before the fact. And let them. And let them. And let's drill down, particularly the mother. I'm just not buying. They didn't have. They said, well, you know, he mentioned something the week before that, you know, Charlie Kirk was coming and they had some issues with Charlie Kir. I want to find out more about that under oath. Just like the phony roommate. I tell you what, do right now. Here's what we're going to do. We're going to play the district attorney reading the text messages and we're going to put it up on the screen so you can see it. Let's go ahead and play. That takes about. And then we have a very special report from ABC News that comes in right after. That'll make your head blow up. Michael Patrick Lay is going to stick with me. Denver. Let's go ahead and play the roommate.

[Police Narrator]

Police interviewed Robinson's roommate, a biological male who was involved in a romantic relationship with Robinson. The roommate told police that the roommate received messages from Robinson about the shooting. And he did provide those messages to police. On September 10, 2025, the roommate received a text message from Robinson which said, drop what you're doing. Look under my keyboard. The roommate looked under the keyboard and found a note that stated, quote, I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kurt and I'm going to take it. Police found a photograph of this note. The following exchange text exchange then took place. After reading the note, the roommate responded. What? You're joking, right? Robinson, I am still okay, my love, but am stuck in Orem for a little while longer yet. Shouldn't be long until I can come home, but I gotta grab my rifle. Still, to be honest, I had hoped to keep this secret till I died of old age. I am sorry to involve you. You weren't the one who did it, right? Robinson? I am. I am. I'm sorry. I thought they caught the person Robinson. No, they grabbed some crazy old dude, then interrogated someone in similar clothing. I had planned to grab my rifle from my drop point shortly after, but most of that side of town got locked down. It's quiet, almost enough to get out, but there's one vehicle lingering. Why why did I do it? Yeah, I had enough of his hatred. Some hate can't be negotiated out. If I am able to grab my rifle unseen, I will have left no evidence. Going to attempt to retrieve it again. Hopefully they have moved on. I haven't seen anything about them finding it. Roommate how long have you been planning this? Robinson A bit over a week. I believe I can get close to it, but there is a squad car parked right by it. I think they already swept that spot but I don't want to chance it. Robinson Again I'm wishing I had circled back and grabbed it as soon as I got to my vehicle. I'm worried what my old man would do if I didn't bring back Grandpa's rifle. Idek if it's had a serial number but it wouldn't trace to me. I worry about prints. I had to leave it in a bush where I changed outfits. Didn't have the ability or time to bring it with. I might have to abandon it and hope they don't find prints. How the f will I explain losing it to my old man? Only thing I left was the rapple. Was the rifle wrapped in a towel? Remember how I was engraving bullets? The effing messages are mostly a big meme. If I see notice bulge u w u on Fox News, I might have a stroke. All right, I'm going to have to leave it. That really effing sucks. Judging from today, I'd say Grandpa's gun does just fine. Idk I think that was a 2k dollar scope. Wink wink. Robinson Robinson Again. Delete this exchange again. Robinson 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 Since Trump got into office, my dad has been pretty die hard maga. Robinson I'm going to turn myself in willingly. One of my neighbors here is a deputy for the sheriff. Again, you are all I worry about. Love. That came from Robinson. Roommate I'm much more worried about you. Robinson don't talk to the media. Please don't take any interviews or make any comments. If any police ask you questions, ask for a lawyer and stay silent. The search for Robinson we have seen.

[David Muir]

An alleged murder with such specific text messages about the alleged murder weapon, where it was hidden, how it was placed, what was on it. But also it was very touching in a way that I think many of us didn't expect. A very intimate portrait into this relationship between the suspect's Roommate and the suspect himself, with him repeatedly calling his roommate, who was transitioning, calling him my love and I want to protect you, my love. So it was this duality of someone who the attorney said not only jeopardized the life of Charlie Kirk and the crowd, but was doing it in front of children, which is one of the aggravating circumstances of this case. And on the other hand, he was, you know, speaking so lovingly about his partner. So a very interesting and as Pierre said, riveting press conference. David.

[Steve Bannon]

Wow. Can't tell. David Muir is the executive editor of ABC News. What are you talking about, dude? Duality. Play this again. I got, I got to have this again. If that guy is on the payroll at ABC News by the, by the close of business, then anybody that ever watches ABC News, not that this audience does, he's just adding to this madness. It's a duality. It's so touching. He's so touching to his loved one. How can this guy be a cold blooded murderer? This is what they got all the freaks today show up to. Mangione. It's like the arrival of Frank Sinatra back in the old days with the teeny boppers. They can't get enough. I told you these people were twisted. I told you that it was all going to come to this. You watch starts in these schools, in kindergarten. You got these terrorists, that's what they are, that mold these people and twist them and twist them. Play the ABC News. This is the summary of ABC News. This is the summary of ABC News. President Trump, please sue them again and get another like $20 billion out of it or whatever. You got $20 million, sue them again. David Muir, the executive editor of ABC News. And this is what the see what their amazing analysis after that, after you just read that. Let's hear it.

[David Muir]

We have seen an alleged murder with such specific text messages about the alleged murder weapon, where it was hidden, how it was placed, what was on it, but also it was very touching in a way that I think many of us didn't expect. A very intimate portrait into this relationship between the suspect's roommate and the suspect himself, with him repeatedly calling his roommate who was transitioning, calling him my love and I want to protect you, my love. So it was this duality of someone who the attorney said not only jeopardized the life of Charlie Kirk and the crowd, but was doing it in front of children, which is one of the aggravating circumstances of this case. And on the other hand, he was, you know, speaking so lovingly about his partner. So a very interesting and as Pierre said, riveting press conference. David.

[Steve Bannon]

Speaking so lovingly. No, he didn't jeopardize the life of Charlie Kirk. He shot Charlie Kirk allegedly in cold blood. But I digress. So Leahy, I'm just not buying the text message. That is, if you were in Hollywood and walked in with that script to a producer, the first thing they would say, it's too on the nose. That's too on the nose. You're too specific. It seems like you got to learn how to really how people think in these situations. When the guy just supposedly gunned down Charlie Kirk in cold blood on a shot that, you know, putting the muzzle together and all the video they show, one minute he's peg legged, the next minute he's not peg legged. Right. One minute he's walking through the neighborhood, the peg leg, the next he's walking through with shorts on. One minute he's using the Dodge Charger, the next minute he's not. One minute he's jumping off a roof of a building, the next minute, oh, he's got, he's got the rifle. Michael Savage is still correct on this. And then the write up and like the ABC guy said, it's so detailed, it's such a roadmap, I'm just. But it's too on the nose, it's too scripted. People in those situations are not, you know, you're so jacked up, you're so afraid they're going to come and get you and kill you. Right. The cops are either going to kill you or, you know, you're going to die in some gunfight. And he said, hey, told people, I want to take my life. You're to the end of your run here. You're not sitting there going, yeah, you know, we'll be back in a couple days like on a business trip. What are you at a convention? He's at a convention. Yeah. I'll be back in a couple of days, sweetheart. Right. Make sure there's a pot of coffee on when I get back. What is it, Leahy? I don't know. Your thoughts and observations.

[Michael Patrick Leahy]

Well, I share your skepticism about those text messages. It's almost as if they are choreographed to get the roommate slash lover man transitioning to be a woman to get that individual outside the scope of the investigation. It just could be that. And you're right, it does seem very, very detailed, very, very measured and not the kind of frenetic, intense communication that you might have expect to have if this happened in real time. I think what's going to happen on this, Steve, my view would be they are going to keep the alleged assassin in isolation, but go through very serious questions and investigations to point out and to really push and see what is real, what is not real. I suspect, Steve, that what we're going to find is that there are many individuals who were aware of this and did nothing to stop it and may after the fact have aided and abetted. This is what I suspect. I do not know. I think it would take a long time for this to come out, but there's a lot of additional evidence which we has to be brought out before justice is served in this case.

[Steve Bannon]

Leahy, can you stick around a minute? I want to play. I want to play some stuff about Cox talking. And I got to talk to you about Memphis. You're a man on the scene in Memphis and once again, Leahy called it years ago, said Memphis was out of control. As far as crime goes. Well, a guy agrees with him is the President of these United States. Am I wrong? Look, I'm giving you hot takes and we're trying not to be a hot takes place. I'll look at this more tonight and talk to people. Did he tell the roommate, Remember when I was engraving the bullets? Doesn't it. You think he's just engraving the bullets? You know, hey, fascist, catch that the. That the guy transitioning to whatever doesn't say, hey, honey, what are you doing with the bullets? Oh, Charlie Kerr's coming next week. I don't know. I don't know. But I'm not buying any of it. I'm gonna get Savage, we're gonna go through all the videos. It doesn't. Doesn't match up. 1. One minute he's peg legged. Do you think he gets on a roof and puts together a bolt action, a.30 06 Mauser with that barrel and puts the thing in that it lines up perfectly. Is that what you're telling me? With the little screwdriver he conveniently leaves behind? Takes everything else but conveniently leaves the screwdriver. You're getting stuff when you see the screwdriver. Let me throw that in the backpack. Was that take a millimeter of a second, but no, I gotta leave the screwdriver with the DNA so they can match it with the DNA on the rifle. But I'm not buying it. I am not buying it. I. I've got an open mind, but I'm not buying this short commercial break. We're going to turn in the war room. We got Michael, Patrick, Leahy, the mastermind that broke down everything about this horrible Nashville shooting. Next in the War Room this July there is a global summit of BRICS nations in Rio de Janeiro. The BL block of emerging superpowers including China, Russia, India and Persia are meeting with the goal of displacing the United States dollar as the global currency. They're calling this the Rio Reset. As BRICS nations push forward with their plans, global demand for US Dollars will decrease, bringing down the value of the dollar in your savings. While this transition won't not happen overnight, but trust me, it's going to start in Rio. The Rio Reset in July marks a pivotal moment when BRICS objectives move decisively from a theoretical possibility towards inevitable reality. Learn if Diversify your savings into gold is right for you Birch Gold Group can help you move your hard earned savings into a tax sheltered IRA and precious metals. Claim your free info kit on gold by texting my name Bannon that's B A N N O N to 989-898 with an A plus rating with the Better Business Bureau and tens of thousands of happy customers led Birchgold army with a free no obligation info kit on owning gold before July and the Rio Reset. Text Bannon B A N N O N to 989898 do it today. That's the Rio reset. Text Bannon at 989-898 and do it today. There's a lot of talk about government debt, but after four years of inflation, the real crisis is personal debt. Seriously, you're working harder than ever and you're still drowning in credit card debt and overdue bills. You need Done with debt and here's why you need it. The credit system is rigged to keep you trapped. Done With Debt has unique and frankly brilliant escape strategies to help end your debt fast so you keep more of your hard earned money. Done With Debt doesn't try to sell you a loan and they don't try to sell you a bankruptcy. They're tough negotiators that go one on one with your credit card and loan companies, with one goal to drastically reduce your bills and eliminate interest and erase penalties. Most clients end up with more money in their pocket month one and they don't stop until they break you free from debt permanently. Look, take a couple of minutes and visit donewithdebt.com, talk with one of their strategists. It's free, but listen up. Some of their solutions are time sensitive so you'll need to move quickly. Go to donewithdebt.com that's donewithdebt.com Stop the anxiety, stop the angst. Go to donewithdebT.com and do it today. Enjoy a delicious glass of Dr. Formulated Field of greens each day and you're going to feel amazing. Plus, your doctor will notice your improved health or your money back. How can a fruit and vegetable drink promise better health? Each fruit and vegetable and field of greens was doctor selected. Support vital organs like heart, liver, kidneys, metabolism, immune system and healthy blood cells. Let me get you started with 20% off and free shipping. Visit fieldofgreens.com and use my code Bannon. That's field of greens.com code Bannon. Remember, every day you get your the max you need of your fruits and vegetables in this real organic superfood. That's field of greens.com code Bannon for 20% off and free shipping. Kill America's voice Family. Are you on Getter yet?

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A couple things. Number one, let me go back to it. You've just killed one of the most prominent people in your generation. And supposing your motive is. You know that that's where you killed him, right? You assassinated him. Probably the first living thing you ever killed in your life. And you did, in front of 3,000 people, you know, the whole world. This is a global event. Very quickly, your adrenaline. And you also know because you tell your parents when they contact you, you're just going to kill it. So you know that your last moments on earth are now enveloping you. You know that you just shot this guy. It's all over the news everywhere. And the cops are either going to kill you in a shootout or you're going to kill yourself before they take you. Right? So your last moments on this earth are with you. And you're telling me that you write your boyfriend and say, dad's going to be so mad about grandpa's rifle. Dad's going to be so mad about grandpa's rifle. Dude, your father is supposedly maga. Your parents were supposedly good people that raised you. They're Mormons, so they're, you know, supposedly, you know, rock rid conservatives. You just murdered the most important young person in the world in the conservative movement. You murdered him. You shot him down like a dog. And you're telling me that you're gonna text here, Dad's gonna be very upset I lost grandpa's rifle. Are you kidding me? While you're explaining everything. Oh, we left it here. I left it here. But I think I got a palm print on it. I think I left a fingerprint on it. Palm print. You expect me to believe that also? And this is the entry. I really want to thank the engine room. I think this is one of the North Carolina. The North Carolina engine room reminds me that Gutman, the ABC reporter is getting teary eyed. You know, he's getting teary eyed about. He's not getting teary eyed because they went through the capital murder charges. The capital murder charges for this guy. They're not getting teary eyed and thinking there about how he, you know, put the things on the bullet and shot him and killed Charlie Kirk in cold blood in front of the world, including his children and his wife. The reporters getting teary eyed and choked up because wasn't that tender? Wasn't it tender? Was it very touchy? I didn't expect that it was very tender. Who gets the time, who gets the time to write a Shakespeare sonnet to your estranged or your lover? That's, that's, you know, remote. But I'll be back in a couple of days when the heat's off. In that moment. Does Shakespeare, is that what wells up in you? A Shakespeare like sonnet that can draw tears from a hard bitten ABC News reporter, David Muir? You know, we're curious. We got a Question on that. How did the guy have time to write a sonnet? How did he worry about. Dad's really going to be upset about grandpa's rival. Dude, I think your father may be upset that you shot a man in cold blood in front of the world. The best of his generation. I think your parents may have, they may talk about that first. For they say, oh, by the way, did you bring the rifle back? Did you bring the gun back? I am absolutely not buying this now maybe they have other evidence and we'll see it all and get it all and hey, I'm not buying it. They get the videos lined up and let's see the videos and see all this stuff and get the time code. Because all I know now. And they play. They talked about it. That not me. That DA talked about it. The peg leg video does have one to talk about. The peg leg video is stamped at 1149 local. 1140. There we are right there. Thank you, Denver. God, you guys are on it. You see his peg leg? They kind of hid that for a couple days because he got, you know, they got the guy walking around gym shorts now that's 11:49 timestamp. Probably can't see that timestamp. The timestamp on him walking up the, the stairs is 11:53. So four minutes, the neighborhood's right there. And he ain't peg legged. I've looked that thing ain't no peg leg. He bending them knees. So I'm just saying. And so what did he do? He got the rifle, put the barrel in the thing because now he could do it because he was so nervous of doing it in the, in the street that he could do it now. What are you talking about? And he, and he put the screwdriver or the special thing you need and he actually could line up an old Mauser bolt action. 30:06 and would be perfect alignment to take one kill shot. And then of course obviously leave the other bullets right there. You have to because you and your lover sat there. Remember when we did the thing? Gosh, would the lover sit there and hey, hey, fascist. Catch. What is that for? You shooting rabbits with that? Are these rabbits? Fascists. So that's 11:53. And he's walking up. That gave him what, 25 minutes max or something like that for a guy to get up on the roof, nobody see him crouch down and with his heart going boom, boom, boom. Talk to Taj Gill and these brothers that are the killers at the Navy SEALs. I mean the gunman, you got Navy SEALs EOD guys, brave guys, they go through the super training, but then they got the guys that are there as the sharpshooters, the marksman, okay? They'll tell you with all their training, the best training in the world, that heart is beaten out of your ribs, right? Because they realize it could be the last second on earth that you have, like, Charlie Kirk right there. But Charlie Kirk didn't know it. You know it. So I ain't buying it. Now, if they get all the videos together and things like that could be different. But I hope, as we argued on this show, when we flew up, flew out to Utah immediately, when we argued on this show, everybody in the Discord Chat ought to be in there. The roommate. So the roommate said he didn't know it. Bs. They talked about. You know, he talked about. Don't you remember when we did the bullets? The roommate ought to be up and they'll have the klieg lights right in front of him, sweating him out. All of them. Everybody in the Discord Chat. The parents. The parents. Get the parents in there. I'm not buying any of it. Get them in there. All of them. And Leahy's telling you. Leahy's article. You got to read this. The whole death cult militia. Have you heard that was Biden telling you that, wasn't it? It was white nationalist extremists. It was former military members. It was traditional Catholics. It was grandmothers praying the rosary. Right? Wasn't that all the problem? Let's play. I got another one. A bigger beauty than as weak and gutless as Thom Tillis is. I got a better one, and that's this Cox guy. And I'm really glad. I want to say appreciation for all the Mormons that have reached out. All the folks in Utah reached out and said, Steve, you don't. Do not know what's going on in this state. Number one, it's been flooded with Californians and they're an infestation. I can tell you that from. From Arizona, from Montana, from. From Colorado. It's an infestation. And Texas better watch it when the California folks come. And yet some you got are good conservatives that can't take anymore. But you've got a lot of people from the Bay Area in Southern California just got a lot of money and. And they want to just. They want to spread that virus everywhere, number one. The other is issues in the Mormon Church. It's not all what it seems or not what we remember as kind of these rock rib people that are very, boom, here's the way it is. You know, good family, strong solid values. Everything like that. There's hey, it's because Cox, I think when he reelected with 56% of the vote. This guy's his mealy mouth and he's part of the problem. That's what I'm saying. He's got to be part of the investigation because of the policies of his government and how fed into the two groups like the armed queers of Salt Lake City in others. Let's go ahead and play. We have something that somebody sent me from Colorado about Cox and I'm a bring in Michael Patrick Leahy the truth.

[Spencer Cox]

Utah has been a great place to live. Not because of our natural beauty or financial wealth. Our strength has been our faith based, family centered culture. But now this culture is under attack by gender and racial agendas, declining standards, open lawlessness and by politicians who allow or even promote these evils. People like Spencer Cox. Cox promoted DEI and then at election time banned dei. That's politics. But now it's been revealed that Cox used federal Covid funds to advance DEI in Utah schools and his recent ban will not apply. And recently our governor ran away from a reporter and hid.

[Steve Bannon]

Why?

[Spencer Cox]

Maybe it's new questions about Cox and illegals pouring in through Utah's backdoor sanctuary status. This is Utah. So why is Cox sharing his pronouns with children?

[Steve Bannon]

My preferred pronouns are he, him and.

[Spencer Cox]

His and defending boys and girls. Sports DEI in schools no matter what they call it racial preferences even in health care pride month Juneteenth. His disagree better with liberals while he bullies conservatives. His attack on party volunteers and the caucuses. His elections are run like any Democrat state. Same day voting, no photo ID required. And why do the feds consider Utah a state sanctuary for illegals? Why did Cox run and hide from a reporter who wanted to ask that question? We don't have to put up with this. We can make a change right now. It's election time. Cox says he's a conservative. Do not be fooled. Don't believe the establishment polls. Keep sharing this information. Every Utahn deserves to know. Nothing is more powerful than the truth. Find out [e-mail].

[Steve Bannon]

Michael Patrick Leahy. You've had to deal with this. You know you've had to deal with this in the situation in Nashville. This is poison. Cox is a poisoner and he's too gutless to stand up even for his policies. He's one of those slippery guys that wants to do it. He's passive aggressive. What am I? A conflict entrepreneur? Hey dude, whatever you call it. It's the war room. We ain't slowing down. We're not backing off. We're not, you know, guys like you until us come and go. Guys like you until us come and go. And when we get involved, normally you go faster. And we're taking you as a project because you're poisonous. That little mealy mouth thing you did the other day, President Trump and you know, President Trump said, hey, he's doing a good job. That's that staff there. Hey, somebody on that staff appointed Cox to speak the other night. And I'm going to get to the bottom of it. Who done it, okay? Because it was not the President of these United States. Michael Patrick Leahy, your thoughts?

[Michael Patrick Leahy]

You know what struck me in that video about Governor Cox was the DEI in the public schools. This is the root of our problem, Steve. And as you've seen how many public school teachers have been either fired or disciplined for the awful things they said after Charlie Kirk was assassinated. We had it right here in Middle Tennessee. A teacher in Franklin High School has been basically put on leave for saying bad things. The number of teachers, public school teachers, who have said terrible things about Charlie Kirk after his death is well over 10,000. You know, I first saw this problem in our public schools here in Tennessee back in 2017. You may recall, we do this national constitution be and we've been trying to get a book we wrote about the Constitution of Bill of Rights into public schools. I went to an event sponsored by the YWCA in 2017, youth and government here in Nashville. I was shocked, Steve. About 90% of the teachers were socialists, Marxist. And it was about the same with the high school students who were there. That was 2017. This thing has metastasized. And that's why you see today, 26% of those under age 35, according to that Nepaltan News Service poll by Scott Rasmussen, thought that the assassination of Charlie Kirk was at least partially justified. Just terrible. And we just have to stop it. We've got to change the public schools. We have to introduce choice into public schools.

[Steve Bannon]

But you guys hang on. We talk about this. It's private schools. It's sel. They get them early. This is how you term a neo Marxist. Let me play Mangione. You got Mangione today. He's treated like a rock star when he walks in. Yeah, you got ma'. Am. Donnie is going to win and blow guys out in November. I've said this now for months and months and months. You got this guy. This guy is going to be a hero to these people. He's going to be a hero to these people. Okay. It hasn't proven to me yet he shot it because I don't. There's a great thing that Grace just sent me that in the text messages, he like checks every box. But they're going to treat this guy like a hero. A hero. Let's go ahead and let's kind of play Manchu. Can I. Do I have some sound? I get a couple seconds of sound. No sound. Okay. Anyway, today he was treated like a rock star. When he showed up, Mangione, who gunned a guy down, shot him. Very American. Lying in wait. Pre dawn, the CEO walks down the street, he comes out lying in wait, guns him down at point blank in the back. That's what kind of guy this is in the back. Shot a guy like a dog. And he bleeds out right there dead. Just like the other guy shot or allegedly shot Charlie Kirk. The. I want to get. If I can get this, okay? And I don't know who sent this, but Grace just sent it to me. This guy said, I try not to be a conspiracy theorist, but I have really hard time believing. In a short text exchange, the alleged shooter and I'm a read. Makes his confession. Confirms location of the weapon. Confirms the type of weapon, confirms it was wrapped in a towel. Confirms his motive, exonerates the decoy. George Zinn admits to the bullet engravings. Confirms the wardrobe change, confirms how long he has been planning it. Discloses the existence and location of a now destroyed pre written confession note. Randomly tells his boyfriend that his dad is die hard maga. As if he wouldn't already know that given the nature of their relationship and is worried about his dad grandpa being upset if he doesn't come home with the rifle. Not the fact they just use it to commit a murder. Not to mention a 22 year old terminally online zoomer. Uses phrases like squad car, drop point, swept the area, my vehicle till I died of old age, et cetera. I'll find out who put that up. That is a perfect summary. That's a perfect summary. So say we got a note. You haven't exposed us Butler yet. You haven't disclosed Butler. We don't know. We know virtually no facts about Butler. It's time to get in this. Hey, if this is escalation, then tell us. You know, suck on that dude, because you ain't seen us escalate. We are going to demand not just to declare terrorist organizations, but there be a vast sweep and everybody that touched us Including Cox and what Cox did here. Cox and the wife, Abby Cox, need to be investigated about social, emotional learning, the empathy crisis, what they lied about and what they forced into the system to poison. Poison children in Utah. Did I mention the queer armed queers of Salt Lake City? I mean, you can't make this up. It was a script. They throw it out for two over the top. Leahy, I know you gotta bounce. We're about to get to a hard out. Where do people go to get all of your news organizations, your show, all of it? I'll get you back up here. As they get closer to getting into Memphis, you've been the first guy to call it that. Memphis is out of control. The President of the United States and the governor and senators from Tennessee agree with you, sir. So there's gonna be some action taken. Where do people go? What are your coordinates? Where do people get?

[Michael Patrick Leahy]

You go to Tennesseestar.com Tennesseestar.com and you can find me on X at Michael P. Leahy. Michael P. Leahy. And if you text me a sane comment, I will respond.

[Steve Bannon]

Thank you, sir. Appreciate it. You respond to mine, and a lot of mine aren't saying aren't sane, but that's why I guess we're friends. Leahy responds to mine. They're not always saying, great guy, Michael. Patrick Leahy did so much great work and really opened our eyes to this whole situation in that brutal. Remember Nashville. She went through the school looking for the little kids, the six year olds hunting them down. These people are twisted. It's a deep darkness that is enveloping us and it's not going to get better. If you just roll over, you just say, well, look, let's have dialogue. No, we don't need dialogue. There's not a debate here. There's nothing to debate. Charlie Kirk debated him. In fact, what was in line was a guy asking about transgender, you know, the transgender crimes. And Charlie's, I think, position on it. Oh, yeah, that's just a random question. What is that? What are the odds of that? Some of the mathematicians do it. Of all the different questions Charlie asks, even after Minnesota, to add that, what is it? I don't know. A billion to one. A billion to one. Come on, man. We're going to hammer this again tomorrow. I know you got so many questions. One of the greatest Americans of modern times, just a good and decent man that would not back off, is not with us anymore, physically. His spirit's with us and will continue to be with us as long as people keep that memory open. Of what he did and what he accomplished. But we got to apply it. It's got to happen now. You don't have Trump for that much longer. You don't have Trump forever. It's upon you just like it was for the comeback. You all could abandon him. You didn't. He's President of the United States and the hour is late. So that's why no Tillis, no Cox. We see your type. You guys are dime a dozen and you've always been with us. The feckless, the cunning, the gutless. Doesn't matter. That's not what we are. Okay, we're going to win this one because there's no unity until after victory. See you back here Tomorrow morning at 10:00am Eastern Daylight Time when you will be in the war room. You missed the IRS tax deadline. You think it's just going to go away? Well, think again. The IRS doesn't mess around and they're applying pressure like we haven't seen in years. So if you haven't filed in a while, even if you can't pay, don't wait and don't face the IRS alone. You need the trusted experts by your side. Tax Network usa. Tax Network USA isn't like other tax relief companies. They have an edge, a preferred direct line to the irs. They know which agents to talk to and which ones to avoid. They use smart, aggressive strategies to settle your tax problems quickly and in your favor. Whether you owe $10,000 or $10 million, Tax Network USA has helped resolve over $1 billion in tax debt. And they can help you, too. Don't wait on this. It's only going to get worse. Call Tax Network USA right now. It's free. Talk with one of their strategists and put your IRS troubles behind you. Put it behind you today. Call Tax Network USA at 1-800-958-1000, that's 800-958-1000 or visit taxnetwork. USA tnusa.com Bannon do it today. Do not let this thing get ahead of you. Do it today.