Legal scholar Laurence Tribe spread false information about Tyler Robinson’s political ideology in Charlie Kirk assassination case, drawing backlash online.
A distinguished Harvard Law professor and legal scholar was hammered on social media after spreading a debunked rumor that the suspect in Charlie Kirk’s assassination was „ultra-MAGA“ and that Republicans were trying to „blame“ liberals for the tragedy.
Laurence Tribe made the comment in a post on X that shared a lengthy post from an account called Occupy Democrats, which attempted to paint a picture of suspect Tyler Robinson’s political ideology.
„Kirk’s apparent assassin seems to have been ultra-MAGA, exploding the GOP/MAGA attempt to pin the blame for this tragedy on liberals“, wrote Tribe, a professor at Harvard Law School from 1968 until his retirement in 2020. He is currently the Carl M. Loeb University Professor Emeritus at the school.
Robinson, 22, was in a „romantic relationship“ with a transgender partner, senior-level FBI officials confirmed to Fox News Digital. The officials said Robinson lived with the unnamed person, who is a male transitioning to a female, and that they shared an apartment in Saint George, Utah.
Kirk was killed Wednesday at Utah Valley University, where he was speaking to students at a Turning Point USA event on its campus in Orem.
