Utah Valley University Faculty’s Sickening Post-Assassination Emails About Charlie Kirk Exposed
20th September 2026
New public records indicate that faculty members at Utah Valley University sent hostile messages regarding Charlie Kirk to the university’s administrators in the weeks following his assassination on the UVU campus, even though the university had previously issued public statements advocating civility and free expression.
Judicial Watch obtained the 133 pages of emails and text messages through a Utah Government Records Access and Management Act request. The records went to then-UVU President Astrid S. Tuminez and other administrators.
Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, was assassinated on the UVU campus while launching a nationwide campus speaking tour. University administrators spent the following months talking about healing and dialogue. Some of the correspondence flowing into the university president’s inbox tells a different story.