Bill Ackman shares Charlie Kirk texts ‘to dispel’ – Business News
Bill Ackman on Tuesday night time revealed non-public textual content messages with Charlie Kirk — together with an invitation he prolonged to the slain conservative activist “do dinner sometime with the ladies” — to swat down what he known as slanderous claims by Candace Owens’ that he staged a Hamptons “intervention” to blackmail Kirk over Israel.
Ackman wrote on X that he had been “reluctant to post private texts, but in an effort to put this whole thing to bed I share the following brief exchange with Charlie” weeks earlier than the conservative activist was slain.
To back up his level, Ackman hooked up a WhatsApp exchange exhibiting a pleasant back-and-forth with Kirk that he says occurred following the disputed Hamptons get-together a month in the past.
Billionaire Bill Ackman launched non-public texts with Charlie Kirk to rebut claims he threatened or blackmailed the activist. REUTERS
“How are you?” Kirk texted.
“I’m doing great, really enjoyed our time together last week. Thank you again for doing that,” Ackman responded. He instructed dinner with their wives: “It was great. And great to get to know you better. We should do dinner sometime with the ladies.”
Ackman hooked up a WhatsApp exchange exhibiting a pleasant back-and-forth with Kirk. @BillAckman/X
“Absolutely, that would be awesome,” Kirk replied.
Ackman invited him to go to: “Let me know when you will be in NYC and we will have you over.”
“Thank you, i will. we are there a few times this fall,” Kirk wrote back.
“Great. Just let me know,” Ackman concluded.
The Pershing Square Capital Management boss invited readers to “ask yourself whether Charlie sounds like someone who I threatened, blackmailed and/or was the subject of an ‘intervention’ about Israel or otherwise.”
In his prolonged post accompanying the screenshot of the WhatsApp chat, Ackman mentioned he was compelled to share “a few facts, corrections, and receipts to dispel some misinformation going around social media.”
Charlie Kirk appeared at conservative conferences nationwide, together with this July 2024 gathering in Milwaukee. REUTERS
“The @TPUSA Hamptons event was not held at my house, but rather at a hotel in Bridgehampton,” Ackman wrote, referencing the X deal with for Kirk’s campus activism group, Turning Point USA.
“As I previously explained, I did cover the cost of the event, ie, travel, food, and lodging for the participants.”
He burdened the gathering was “not a secret event and no one signed an NDA.”
A couple of details, corrections, and receipts to dispel some misinformation going round social media:The @TPUSA Hamptons occasion was not held at my home, however relatively at a resort in Bridgehampton. As I beforehand defined, I did cowl the associated fee of the occasion, ie, journey, food, and lodging… https://t.co/Qi4cN8Bjy1 pic.twitter.com/MBf2UExe2O— Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) September 17, 2025
“Everyone including the Turning Point representatives who attended are totally free to share whatever they want about what took place and what was discussed. This was not a ‘Chatham House rules’ event.”
Ackman mentioned some contributors had already spoken out and urged others to do the identical, whereas acknowledging “I understand why some may not want to do so because of the fear of getting attacked by the mob who assume that something untoward took place.”
He additionally revealed Kirk’s own complaints about stress from pro-Israel supporters.
“He complained to me that some pro-Israel advocates view any criticism of Israel as antisemitic and we both agreed that this is wrong,” Ackman, a staunch defender of Israel whose spouse is a native of the nation, wrote.
Candace Owens accused Ackman of staging a pro-Israel “intervention” with Kirk, claims he denied. AFP through Getty Images
Ackman additionally denied claims made in a report by the left-wing information web site Grayzone that he and different pro-Israel influencers pressured Kirk to disinvite former Fox News prime time host Tucker Carlson, who has emerged as a critic of Israel, to an occasion.
“I did not complain to Charlie about @TuckerCarlson’s criticism of me at TPUSA. I did ask him why he thought Tucker attacked me and he told me that he did not know why,” Ackman wrote.
“He told me that he thought my statement in response to Tucker was ‘a great one.’”
Owens earlier this week claimed Kirk was pressured by donors and subjected to an “intervention” involving Ackman and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. She cited a Grayzone report alleging Kirk was berated over his stance on Israel.
Ackman rejected that account outright.
“At no time have I ever threatened Charlie Kirk, Turning Point or anyone associated with him,” he wrote in a separate X post on Tuesday.
Ackman denied claims that he pressured Kirk to rescind an invitation to Tucker Carlson over his criticisms of Israel. Zuma/Dave Decker / SplashNews.com
“I have never blackmailed anyone, let alone Charlie Kirk.”
Kirk, 31, was gunned down final Wednesday at a Turning Point USA occasion in Utah. Police arrested Tyler Robinson, 22, however haven’t tied the killing to Kirk’s views in regards to the Middle East.
A current Anti-Defamation League report counted more than 10,000 posts on X linking Israel to his death with out proof.
“Lastly, I totally understand the shock and distress that all who knew or followed @charliekirk11 are feeling after his untimely and tragic death,” Ackman wrote in his most up-to-date post.
“But let’s not let those emotions cause us to construct conspiracy theories that can cause innocent people serious and potentially deadly harm. One tragic and devastating loss is enough.”
Owens issued a assertion in response which learn: “The New York Post is a propagandist outfit for Israel which has employed, at various times, literal IDF soldiers for writers.”
“I have no interest in participating in another predictable, radical-Zionist hit piece, which will achieve zero real-world impact. The current awakening of the masses as to the occupied state of our nation is inexorable,” Owens mentioned.
The Post has sought remark from Carlson, TPUSA and the Israeli authorities.
