Andrew Kolvet, the executive producer of The Charlie Kirk Show, has addressed swirling conspiracy theories about a Turning Point USA staff member who retrieved SD cards from a camera after Charlie Kirk’s tragic assassination.

Kolvet explained the motives behind the action and shed light on the chaotic aftermath of the shooting, emphasizing the need for protecting sensitive footage from potential bad actors. Alongside Tucker Carlson and a TPUSA staff member, Kolvet speaks on the impact of the incident and the atmosphere of distrust fueling conspiracy theories.

This footage became widely circulated and misinterpreted as evidence of a cover-up:

WHY the hell is some guy taking things down in the tent when Charlie’s blood was still warm on the floor and the CRIME SCENE hasn’t even been processed yet?!?!

Whoever that is, he was quite literally TAMPERING WITH CRIME SCENE EVIDENCE!

Normally, there would be a HUGE law… pic.twitter.com/7rQvIP4jKs

— The Patriot Voice (@TPV_John) September 13, 2025

Transcripts:

Andrew Kolvet:
“One other conspiracy theory, I just want to snuff out here. One of our dear friends that literally from the very beginning started with us and loved Charlie like a brother. He grabbed the SD cards out of the camera. Afterwards, and there’s all these conspiracy videos about why did he grab the SD cards? Well, first of all, they’re in the possession of the FBI. Okay, it’s not like he took them and like ran off with them. Second of all, I asked him personally, I said, why did you do that?

And he looked at me and this was his answer. He said, because I know people can be evil.

And he did not want that footage being grabbed by somebody. There was videos of people after the incident going and stealing hats off the table. I mean, so I’m so grateful he did that. And that was his instinct. He’s like, I’m depressed to know that that was why I did that. But I knew that I had to protect that footage because I know I wanted. I mean, you know, you’re recording in like 4k, you know? And so I’m so glad he did that. But Charlie knew the existence of evil.”

Tucker Carlson:
“And so can I say I think that people can feel the existence of evil in that just to put in a sympathetic word for people who are trying to make sense of this and coming to the wrong conclusions. I think they’re motivated for the most part by pure intent. I think they don’t trust the authorities. They have every reason to feel that way. I know that for a fact, not the Trump administration in general, like, yeah, we’re not, you know, there’s been a lot of lying. And it’s corroded the trust. That’s not their fault, actually. They’re the victims of it.

And either, of course, bad actors were doing it for clicks or whatever. But I guess but there are far more people who love Charlie.

They loved what he stood for. They feel like he was murdered by evil. They’re absolutely right. They’re not sure what variety of evil there’s no authoritative person to tell them. So I guess I’m just not surprised at all. This is a message I’ve told to a lot of people. This is what happens when you lie too much and you hide too much. And going forward, I just want everybody with power to be honest in the way that Charlie was honest about themselves. That will do more than anything to fix this to make people love each other and hear each other. And if people are honest, we got here because of lying. And the only antidote is truth. And so truth about yourself, not about other people. Stop talking about other people. Admit who you are. And once you do that, people can feel that and they immediately as they would show they respond to it. They’re like, I believe you because you’re honest about you.”

Andrew Kolvet destroys SD camera grabber guy conspiracy theory.

“I asked him personally, I said, ‘why did you do that?’ and he looked at me and this was his answer. He said, ‘Because I know people can be evil.'” pic.twitter.com/7jgPpB9VIW

— National File (@NationalFile) September 20, 2025