Erika Kirk and TPUSA's Legal Threats Escalate With Fresh Cease-and-Desist Letter
Erika Kirk wipes a tear as U.S. President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address during a Joint Session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on February 24, 2026, in Washington, DC. Trump delivered his address days after the Supreme Court struck down the administration's tariff strategy and amid a U.S. military buildup in the Persian Gulf threatening Iran.
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The widow of Charlie Kirk has escalated a battle against far-right influencers that she accuses of defaming her over the circumstances of her husband’s death.
Erika Kirk, who succeeded Charlie in running Turning Point USA after his assassination, sent the legal threat to the man behind Project Constitution, accusing him of defamation over statements alleging she was involved in her husband’s murder and in sex trafficking tied to Jeffrey Epstein.
The letter, dated March 18 and signed by Paul Edgard Harold of SouthBank Legal, was sent to Collin Scott Campbell, the Maryland-based figure behind the Project Constitution online activist brand. Project Constitution’s YouTube channel states that it “celebrates the good in this world and highlights the evil that try to tear our country apart slowly from within.”
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In the letter, Harold writes that Campbell used the Project Constitution X account to make multiple “false and defamatory statements about Mrs. Kirk.” These include claims that she was involved in the assassination of her husband, who was shot in the neck in broad daylight on Sept. 10 at a TPUSA event at Utah Valley University by Tyler James Robinson, who turned himself in the following day. Campbell also made repeated claims under his Project Constitution moniker that Erika Kirk was involved in procuring underage girls for the late financier Jeffrey Epstein.
“Mrs. Kirk and TPUSA welcome vigorous and open debate and honest questions,” the letter reads. “However, there is no place for publicly repeating patently false statements that injure another person’s reputation.” Harold defines defamation and states that the posts about Erika Kirk are clear examples, adding that they have “caused tremendous damage” to Kirk and TPUSA and, in some instances, led to threats of violence against the organization’s staff.
The letter lists five posts from the Project Constitution X account alleging that the widow was involved in Charlie Kirk’s murder, including one claiming it was “so close to nailing her ass to the wall” for her role. Others were responses to posts from Trump-world conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer and a podcast post from far-right activist Baron Coleman.
“Mrs. Kirk had nothing to do with her husband’s death,” the letter asserts. “Any statement to the contrary is absolutely false and made with actual malice.”
The letter also addresses claims Campbell made linking Kirk to Epstein, including a conspiracy theory — also promoted by Candace Owens — alleging that Kirk’s charity partnered with a Romanian orphanage to traffic children. It further references “leaked DOJ wiretap audio” of a woman Campbell claimed was Kirk but was in fact someone else entirely; at the time of the recording, Kirk was still a high school student. The letter notes the post was later retracted, though not for a full day, and that the retraction itself repeated the original accusation.
“Your claim that Mrs. Kirk was or is involved in child sex trafficking is absolutely false. Your claims that Mrs. Kirk was involved in Jeffrey Epstein’s child sex trafficking scheme are false. [These] statements are made with reckless disregard for the truth,” it reads.
Harold writes that despite what he characterizes as a clear case of defamation, Erika Kirk and TPUSA do not “desire litigation” but are demanding that the posts be removed and that Campbell and Project Constitution issue an apology. “They want the damage and the harassment to stop,” the letter states. It also requests that Campbell contact counsel for accurate information before publishing future claims and preserve all relevant evidence, including cell phone records, Signal messages and other communications, as well as documents on shared drives.
The letter marks the third cease-and-desist sent by Kirk to figures in the far-right online space, including