Activist Who Falsely Claimed He Shot Charlie Kirk to Shield Real Assassin, Sentenced to Prison for Child Sex Crimes
George Zinn, the deranged anti-Trump activist who falsely claimed he shot Charlie Kirk to assist the true assassin, has been sentenced to a maximum of 15 years in prison following his guilty plea to two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and a no-contest plea to obstruction of justice.
Zinn claimed that he spontaneously confessed to the shooting to give the real assassin time to escape.
The charges arose from the discovery of child pornography on the 71-year-old activist’s cellphone during his detention at the scene of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s fatal shooting in September.
Kirk, the 31-year-old founder of Turning Point USA, was shot and killed by alleged gunman Tyler Robinson during an event at Utah Valley University, which Zinn attended.
Amid the chaos following the shooting, Zinn shouted, “I shot him! Now shoot me!” in an attempt to divert law enforcement’s attention from the actual shooter, according to his own admission. This action led to the obstruction of justice charge, a third-degree felony.
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