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5 min readBrian Harpole Sues Candace Owens: A Legal Strategy or a PR Stunt?
Candace Owens opened her April 30th episode by revealing that Brian Harpole, a member of Charlie Kirk's security team, had filed a 69-page lawsuit against her—without ever sending a standard cease-and-desist or responding to her repeated attempts to contact him directly. The lawsuit arrived as a surprise, filed by the same law firm that represented the Daily Wire in its two-year arbitration against Owens, and it landed on the same day a bipartisan congressional resolution name-checked her for alleged antisemitism and Erica Kirk publicly claimed Owens had accused her of murdering her husband.
The Lawsuit's Core Claims and Their Weaknesses
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:30) **Episode Opening & Brian Harpole Lawsuit Announcement** - Candace is highly upset about Erica Kirk's actions and reveals she has been keeping a secret; the big news is that Brian Harpole has filed a lawsuit against her.
- 2 (04:00) **Harpole's Claim: "Maligning" Over Ambulance** - The lawsuit alleges Candace defamed Harpole by saying his security team failed to have an ambulance on standby at the Charlie Kirk event.
- 3 (07:08) **Harpole's Claim: "Insider Knowledge" of Assassination** - The lawsuit claims Candace implied Harpole had foreknowledge of Kirk's assassination, but she proves this is false.
- 4 (09:00) **Harpole's Claims: Medical Bag & Drone Statements** - The lawsuit objects to Candace describing Harpole's medical bag and pointing out conflicting statements about drone availability.
- 5 (12:37) **The Lawsuit's Structure & Odd Preamble** - Candace notes the 69-page lawsuit bizarrely begins with a "standard constitutional preamble" expressing strong support for Israel and accusing her of anti-Semitism.
- 6 (15:06) **Harpole's "Private Citizen" Argument** - The lawsuit asserts Harpole is a private citizen to avoid the "actual malice" standard required for public figures.
- 7 (18:23) **Candace's Defense of Harpole Before the Lawsuit** - Candace reveals she actually defended Harpole and Dan Flood early on, going against the conspiracy theories about them.
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Show Notes
Brian Harpole sues me, signs show that our free speech rights will be crumbling soon, and Erika's wrongful assertion that I accused her of murdering her husband has motivated me to reveal some more truth.
00:00 - Start. 01:22 - Brian Harpole's lawsuit. 40:45 - Response to Erika and what I told her during our meeting that led me to look into TPUSA. 50:31 - Mike Lawler and Josh Gottheimer introduce a bipartisan resolution to condemn me. 1:04:16 - Final thoughts & comments.
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