ABC Reporter Torched For Glorifying Kirk Assassin’s ‘Touching’ Desire To ‘Protect’ Trans Partner

Fallout from the framing of Charlie Kirk’s murder landed at ABC News on Tuesday when a correspondent reviewing messages left by the suspect noted his “touching” love letter to a transgender partner.

Tyler Robinson, 22, surrendered to authorities last week after confessing to killing the conservative activist and father of two. He is reportedly refusing to cooperate with the investigation, but investigators believe they have compiled enough evidence to charge him with capital murder.

On Tuesday, FBI Director Kash Patel spoke about a leak that revealed private messages in which Robinson confessed to online associates about committing the murder. One of those messages was addressed to his roommate, with whom he was in a romantic relationship.

“It was very touching in a way that I think many of us didn’t expect,” said ABC correspondent Matt Gutman as he described Robinson’s “specific text messages” about where he hid the murder weapon.

“A very intimate portrait into this relationship between the suspect’s roommate and the suspect himself, with him repeatedly calling his roommate, who is transitioning, calling him ‘my love’ and ‘I want to protect you my love,'” Gutman read from the note.

“It was this duality of someone who the [prosecutor] said not only jeopardized the life of Charlie Kirk and the crowd but was doing it in front of children, which is the aggravating circumstances of this case. And on the other hand, he was speaking so lovingly about his partner.”

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Prosecutors on Tuesday afternoon filed seven charges against Robinson, with capital murder carrying the death penalty in the state of Utah. Robinson faces the possibility of either lethal injection or a firing squad.

Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray said Robinson has been charged with aggravated murder, felony discharge of a firearm, obstruction of justice, witness tampering, and the commission of a violent offense in the presence of a child. He intends to seek the death penalty, calling the case “an American tragedy” at a press conference.

“I do not take this decision lightly, and it is a decision I have made independently as county attorney based solely on the available evidence and circumstances and nature of the crime,” Gray said.

Robinson is accused of firing a single rifle round from 200 yards away, striking Kirk in the neck as he addressed a crowd of thousands on the campus of Utah Valley University on September 10.

More charging documents released Tuesday show that Robinson allegedly expressed “hate” for Kirk and had been planning the assassination for “a bit over a week,” USA Today reported.

After reading a physical note from Robinson revealing he shot Kirk, his roommate allegedly texted back “What?????????????? You’re joking,right????” the document says.

Lawmakers pressed FBI Director Kash Patel in a hearing on Tuesday about his decision to initially announce that a suspect was in custody, only for authorities to release two individuals before arresting Robinson.