Did Tyler Robinson, the man arrested for shooting Charlie Kirk in Utah, donate money to the Trump campaign in 2020? No, that's not true: Lead Stories spoke with the Tyler Robinson who owned the property that was listed as the address on the federal records for the donation to the Trump campaign. That Tyler Robinson confirmed he is 35 years old. He owned the home with his wife in 2020. The Tyler Robinson arrested for the September 10, 2025, shooting death of Charlie Kirk is only 22 and is not married.
The document and claim appeared in a September 12, 2025 post on X.com (archived here) on the @PhamphletsY account with the caption:
🚨🇺🇸 BREAKING -- Robinson Was 2020 Trump Donor.
This is what the document image posted on X.com looked like at the time of writing:
(Image source: Lead Stories screenshot of X.com/phamphletsy account.)
The post on social media showed a screenshot of records from the Federal Election Commission website (archived here) of a political contribution made by a Tyler Robinson to the Trump Make American Great Again committee on October 5, 2020.
A search of the Trump Make America Great Again committee 2020 filing on the FEC website finds a $224.48 donation from a Tyler Robinson with an address in St. George, Utah as this screenshot shows:
(Image source: Lead Stories screenshot of FEC.gov website with redactions by Lead Stories.)
The address listed on the Federal Election Commission website in St. George, Utah, for Tyler Robinson matches a property owned by Tyler Robinson and his wife, according to the deed available in Washington County, Utah property records. To protect other residents at that location, Lead Stories is not disclosing the address.
Lead Stories emailed with the Tyler Robinson whose address is listed in the FEC report on September 13, 2025, and he confirmed he is 35 and that his address at the time matched the one listed in 2020.
The Tyler Robinson arrested for Kirk's murder is 22, as NBC News (archived here) reported and as was announced at a press conference held on September 11, 2025, with a video posted on FOX 5 New York YouTube account (archived here). The Tyler Robinson arrested for the shooting is not married.
