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Brian Harpole Sues Candace Owens for Defamation Over Assassination Claim

5/1/2026

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Brian Harpole filed a defamation lawsuit against Candace Owens alleging her statements falsely linked him to Charlie Kirk’s September 2025 assassination.
Owens claimed Harpole’s security team was shady and that he attended a classified meeting at Fort Huachuca on September 9, 2025, while travel records place Harpole in Dallas, Texas that day.
Owens said on her podcast the lawsuit gives her subpoena power and that she never received a retraction request.

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Brian Harpole filed a defamation lawsuit against Candace Owens alleging her statements falsely linked him to Charlie Kirk’s September 2025 assassination.
Owens claimed Harpole’s security team was shady and that he attended a classified meeting at Fort Huachuca on September 9, 2025, while travel records place Harpole in Dallas, Texas that day.
Owens said on her podcast the lawsuit gives her subpoena power and that she never received a retraction request.