Controversial figure Candace Owens could soon face legal challenges as she persists in questioning the circumstances surrounding Charlie Kirk’s assassination last month.

Owens, known for her independent podcasting and previous work with Turning Point USA, has been hypothesizing about the motives, individuals, and even countries she suspects might be linked to Kirk’s murder. Although much of her conjecture revolves around Turning Point itself, Owens recently disclosed text messages between the late Charlie Kirk and his friend Josh Hammer, who is a podcaster and Newsweek editor. In these messages, Kirk conveyed his dissatisfaction with his organization’s dwindling support from Jewish donors in his final days.

A spokesperson for Turning Point, Andrew Kolvet, later verified the legitimacy of the screenshots Owens shared, despite Kirk’s longstanding connections with American Jews and Israel. By publicizing the exchanges between Hammer and Kirk, Owens appeared to imply that Hammer was somehow connected to or responsible for Kirk’s death. Hammer responded on X, noting that he had been ‘offline last week for a Jewish holiday’ and returned to find himself accused by ‘a well-known mental patient’ of being involved in a friend’s murder.

Hammer (pictured) 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.’

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.