I. The Filings
The Israel-facing FARA apparatus that registered around the date of the death — what it is, retrievable from the federal record.
Four items open the file because they are the least disputable kind of evidence there is: Foreign Agents Registration Act filings, lodged with the Department of Justice and retrievable from its public database. What they are is documented. What they mean is argued later, and is labeled as argument.
Two foreign-agent registrations on behalf of the State of Israel bracket the death of Charlie Kirk. One was drafted before he died and signed the day before his warning texts; the other was filed eight days after he was killed. Both were prepared by the same law firm, in a year in which the federal apparatus for policing exactly this kind of filing had been deliberately stood down.
The sequence is the point. The drafting predates the death; the registrations follow it; the enforcement that would ordinarily scrutinize them had already been narrowed. None of that establishes a connection to the killing. It establishes the dates, and the dates are checkable.
Clock Tower X LLC (Delaware) registered under FARA on September 18, 2025 — a strategic-communications operator for Havas Media on behalf of the State of Israel, "to combat anti-semitism." The registrant is Brad Parscale, former Trump 2020 campaign manager and Chief Strategy Officer of Salem Media, which broadcasts The Charlie Kirk Show. The services agreement was drafted August 27, 2025 and signed September 8, 2025 — the day before Kirk's "they are going to kill me" texts. The filing records an unexplained $999,000 payment to a separate "Clock Tower LLC" Delaware entity.
DOJ FARA database · Clock Tower X filingShow Faith by Works LLC (San Diego) filed under FARA on September 27, 2025, eight days after Kirk's death, registering as a foreign agent on behalf of Israel with a $3.2M budget plus an $835K supplement. The stated plan was a geo-fenced digital campaign targeting major churches and Christian colleges across California, Arizona, Nevada and Colorado, plus an "October 7th experience" VR mobile trailer for church and Christian-college parking lots. Named targets include the Calvary Chapel network and Dream City Church in Phoenix.
DOJ FARA database · Show Faith by Works filing · Times of IsraelFARA enforcement was narrowed earlier the same year. On February 5, 2025 — her swearing-in day — Attorney General Pam Bondi disbanded the FBI Foreign Influence Task Force and narrowed FARA criminal enforcement to "traditional espionage" actors only. The Clock Tower X and Show Faith by Works registrations followed in this loosened-enforcement environment.
DOJ announcement · Foreign Influence Task Force disbandingThe drafting firm and timeline are documented. Dhillon Law Group began drafting the FARA paperwork for Havas Media — covering both LLCs — on August 27, 2025, before Kirk's death, and the registrations were finalized September 18, 2025.
Dhillon Law Group · FARA drafting timeline