Right-wing provocateur Candace Owens may soon find herself in new legal trouble as she continues to raise questions about Charlie Kirk’s assassination last month.

Owens, an independent podcaster and former Turning Point USA employee, has been generating theories about the motives, figures, and even nations she believes may be behind the murder of Kirk. 

While many of those ideas have been centered around Turning Point itself, last week Owens shared text messages between the late Charlie Kirk and his friend Josh Hammer – a podcaster and editor at Newsweek – in which Kirk expressed frustration over his organization losing the support of Jewish donors in his final days.

Turning Point spokesman Andrew Kolvet later confirmed the authenticity of the screenshots released by Owens, despite Kirk’s long alliance with American Jews and the state of Israel.

Owen’s dissemination of Hammer and Kirk’s messages was seen by many, including Hammer, as a way to tie him to Kirk’s death, and even suggest that Hammer was somehow complicit or responsible for the act. Hammer noted on X Monday that he was ‘offline last week for a Jewish holiday,’ and ‘came back online to see a well-known mental patient accuse me of complicity in a friend’s murder.’

Hammer is now considering taking a legal actions against Owens, which could pile on to the legal battle she is already fighting with French President Emmanuel Macron over claims that his wife Brigitte was born a biological male.

During an appearance on ‘The Erin Molan Show’ Monday, Hammer stated that he thinks there is  ‘a potentially serious case here for defamation’ adding that he was  ‘very much speaking with lawyers.’

Owens exclusively told the Daily Mail via a spokesman that ‘Josh Hammer is lashing out due to embarrassment. He vociferously lied about the state of Charlie’s mind toward Israel before his tragic death, and I revealed him. Legal warfare will no longer be used to bury the truth.’ 

Charlie Kirk and his wife Erika in Israel

Candace Owens speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at The Rosen Shingle Creek on February 25, 2022 in Orlando, Florida

Josh Hammer, a columnist and senior-editor-at-large for Newsweek speaks at an event for the Young America’s Foundation

Sharing the clip of Hammer on her show, Molan noted, ‘last week Candace Owens accused him of being involved in his close friend – Charlie Kirk’s – murder’ while adding that Owens’ words were ‘absolutely deplorable’, ‘deranged,’ and ‘disgusting.’

Daily Mail reached out to Hammer for additional comments about a potential lawsuit against Owens and did not receive a reply in time for publication.

Kirk, a close ally of President Donald Trump’s administration who helped get him elected in 2024, was a key figure in American conservative politics.

He was assassinated last month at a speaking event on the campus of Utah Valley University.

In the initial leaked text messages, Kirk privately complained that a Jewish donor had withdrawn a $2 million investment into the organization because he refused to disinvite Tucker Carlson from the upcoming AmericaFest event.

‘Just lost another huge Jewish donor,’ Kirk wrote. ‘$2 million a year because we won’t cancel Tucker. I’m thinking of inviting Candace.’

‘Jewish donors play into all the stereotypes. I cannot and will not be bullied like this.’

Kirk concludes: ‘Leaving me no choice but to leave the pro Israel cause.’

Hammer released new screenshots after Owens’ revelations that he claims show Kirk ‘remained a true friend of the Jewish people and the Jewish state to the very end.’

Hammer, who was a member of the group chat where Kirk made his controversial comments about Israel, claims Kirk was ‘blowing off steam in a private group chat setting.’

Hours after Kirk sent those messages he joined a Zoom call seeking advice on how to promote Israel on college campuses with Gen Z students.

‘Thank you for your help today guys!’ Kirk sent to the group members, some of whom are pro-Israel. Hammer claims the text messages were sent one day before Kirk’s assassination at Utah Valley University.

‘The final-ever messages Charlie sent in this WhatsApp chat, which were delivered hours after the deeply out-of-context screenshots that the aforementioned lunatic and others have been discussing this week, make clear that Charlie was deeply grateful for our help,’ Hammer wrote in a post on X.