Tyler Robinson's lover Lance Twiggs no longer protected by FBI: What we know about alleged assassin's partner

PROVO, Utah – The transgender roommate and romanticist spouse of Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin Tyler Robinson is nary longer being trailed by a four-man information detail, a instrumentality enforcement root confirmed to Fox News Digital. 

The revelation comes amid the FBI pulling its extortion of Lance Twiggs much than 4 months aft Robinson allegedly gunned down Kirk astatine a Turning Point USA lawsuit connected Sept. 10 astatine Utah Valley University successful Orem, Utah, Fox News Digital has learned. 

The FBI did not supply a nationalist mentation regarding wherefore Twiggs’ extortion has ended, and Twiggs has not been charged with immoderate crime. 

Twiggs was initially thrust into the nationalist spotlight aft investigators revealed Robinson had allegedly confessed to assassinating Kirk successful a enactment near down astatine the pair’s shared flat soon aft the murder.

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Tyler Robinson, accused of the execution of Charlie Kirk, appears during a proceeding successful Fourth District Court successful Provo, Utah, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via Pool)

A comparative antecedently told Fox News Digital that Twiggs had moved into a townhome successful St. George, Utah with respective assemblage roommates portion transitioning from antheral to female. Twiggs, 22, antecedently lived with his grandparents aft being kicked retired of his parents’ location astatine the property of 18, according to the relative. 

"He was maintaining a occupation and capable to wage rent, and was technically an adult," she said.

The comparative pointed to a past of struggle betwixt Twiggs and different household members implicit his sex identity, portion besides citing Twiggs’ reported past of cause maltreatment and alcoholism arsenic the origin of him moving into his ain place.

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Charlie Kirk was a blimpish activistic who led Turning Point USA. (Alex Brandon/The Associated Press)

"But the existent crushed helium was acting retired was due to the fact that helium was utilizing drugs and alcohol, and was addicted to gaming," the comparative said. "He had ever tried to enactment connected the enactment that helium had changed." 

After the different roommates moved out, Robinson began surviving successful the townhome and the brace yet entered a romanticist relationship, the comparative said. Both Robinson and Twiggs continued surviving unneurotic for astir a twelvemonth until Robinson’s apprehension successful September 2025. 

Following Robinson being taken into custody implicit his alleged transportation to Kirk’s killing, authorities tracked down Twiggs – who was aboriginal described arsenic "cooperative" – and brought him successful for questioning, the comparative said.

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The country aft shots were fired astatine an quality by Charlie Kirk astatine Utah Valley University connected Sept. 10, 2025 successful Orem, Utah. Kirk, laminitis of Turning Point USA, was speaking astatine his "American Comeback Tour" erstwhile helium was changeable successful the cervix and killed.   (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)

Court documents uncover that soon earlier the murder, Robinson allegedly texted Twiggs to "look nether my keyboard" successful the pair’s shared apartment. 

Investigators accidental the connection pointed to a handwritten enactment from Robinson, successful which helium said, "I had the accidental to instrumentality retired Charlie Kirk, and I’m going to instrumentality it." 

Additionally, authorities accidental Twiggs and Robinson allegedly exchanged aggregate substance messages instantly pursuing the killing, successful which Twiggs asked his spouse if helium genuinely was the 1 who changeable Kirk.

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Amber Robinson (left) arrives astatine Utah’s Fourth District Court, located successful Provo, Utah, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. Her son, Tyler Robinson, is accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk past year. (Alec Thornock for Fox News Digital)

"You weren’t the 1 who did it right????" Twiggs allegedly asked.

"I am, I’m sorry," Robinson allegedly responded, according to tribunal filings.

Immediately aft Robinson’s arrest, Washington County Sheriff Nate Brooksby told reporters Twiggs was successful a "safe abstraction precise acold distant from St. George," and that instrumentality enforcement from a abstracted bureau were speaking with Twiggs’ associates.

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Matt Robinson (left) arrives astatine Utah’s Fourth District Court, located successful Provo, Utah, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. His son, Tyler Robinson, is accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk past year. (Alec Thornock for Fox News Digital)

"They request to laic debased for a agelong time," Brooksby antecedently said, referring to some Twiggs' and Robinson’s household members. 

Twiggs has since moved retired of authorities and retained an attorney. 

"He hates conservatives and Christians," Twiggs’ comparative antecedently told Fox News Digital. "He hated us. He was not raised that way, but he, implicit the years, has go truly detached [and] been radicalized."

"He has evidently gotten progressively worse the past twelvemonth oregon two," the comparative said, adding that he's "always precise angry."

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Robinson is charged with aggravated murder, 2 counts of obstruction of justice, felony discharge of a firearm causing superior bodily injury, 2 counts of witnesser tampering, and committee of a convulsive discourtesy successful the beingness of a child.

Fox News Digital's Stepheny Price contributed to this report.