(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that it obtained 64 pages of records from Utah Valley University through a Utah Government Records Access and Management Act (GRAMA) request detailing the university efforts to immediately pave over the site where Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk was murdered.
Utah State University Emergency Payment Request Form was placed with the vendor on September 11, 2025, one day after Kirk was assassinated. The invoice amount is $6,090.52 and the product description is “Clean up for shooting incident.” The name of the vendor is redacted.
On September 12, 2025, two days after Kirk’s assassination, the following text message exchanges took place:
Person 1: The cops just called me into the fountain. Area to get them some water. We’re not gonna need to cut out any sod. I don’t think I bet we can just wash it all down.
Person 2: Ok great news. Let me know and I’ll pass it along.
Person 1: Well, they’re done now. And there is still some stuff to cleanup. But I think we can get it cleaned pretty easy.
Person 2: Stuff as in blood?
Person 1: There’s still A [sic] Eight inch puddle ish
Person 2: Plugger
Person 2: <Grimacing emoji>
Person 1: <exclamation points emoji>
Person 1: Hell no
Person 1: You trying to splash stuff. The solution to pollution is dilution.
Person 2: Yea true. Just up the irrigation.
Person 1: I’ll just grab a hose and spray it, man
Person 2: Tonight?
Person 1: <exclamation points emoji>
Person 1: No, tomorrow. The FBI is still there. I guess.
Person 1 (writing on September 13): Lmk [let me know] when you wanna go
Person 2: By chance have any gloves
Person 1: Ehhh I’ll grab some
An individual involved in the paving work texts on September 14, “My guys are well trained in keeping quiet,” adding, “I think [redacted] is on it with your media folks.”
An individual texts on September 14, “UU has some barriers available… but they are bright red.” A second individual responds, “No thank you. Any other color.” The first individual replies, “I know. I thought the same thing <hysterically laughing emoji>.”
In response to Judicial Watch’s records request, Utah Asst. Attorney General Nichole Ferguson states:
With respect to the portion of the request seeking records related to the removal of evidence and/or materials from site of the assassination of Charlie Kirk,” UVU consulted the departments and personnel reasonably likely to have been involved in that work. Stacy Fowler, an assistant GRAMA Records Officer, consulted with the Utah Valley University Police Department (UVUPD) regarding this request and was told that UVUPD did not have control of the crime scene or involvement in the removal of evidence or materials from the site of the incident so they would not have responsive records … Because UVUPD did not participate in any aspect of the evidence removal process, a search of UVUPD emails and text messages was not conducted as it was not reasonably likely that the search would produce responsive records related to “the destruction and/or removal of evidence and/or materials from the site of the assassination of Charlie Kirk.”
Judicial Watch filed the GRAMA request on November 20, 2025, for:
All records related to the destruction and/or removal of evidence and/or materials from the site of the assassination of Charlie Kirk on September 10, 2025. Such records shall include but not be limited to UVU police/security personnel emails and text messages, reports, directives, contractor invoices and authorizations.
All records related to the paving operation that occurred at the site on the UVU campus of the Charlie Kirk assassination, including email and text messages between the university and contractors involved in the operation, estimates, invoices for the work, purchase orders, and all related records.
“There is intense public interest in the political assassination of Charlie Kirk. These documents, some of which are unpleasant, add to the catalogue of public information about Charlie’s vicious murder,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.
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