Political pest who Lied He'd Shot Charlie Kirk moments after assassination 'caught with Child Porn on His Phone'
The elderly man who lied about shooting
Charlie Kirk just moments after the conservative activist's assassination was caught with child pornography on his phone, authorities said.
George Zinn, a 71-year-old
Utah resident,
was initially suspected of being the shooter after he was caught on video being taken into custody moments after Kirk, 31, was
shot in the neck at an event at Utah Valley University last week.
He was soon cleared of being the suspected shooter and
confessed to causing a distraction to keep law enforcement away from the shooter, now alleged to be 22-year-old Tyler Robinson.
After agreeing to hand his phone over to
FBI agents, they found a number of images 'of prepubescent girls scantily dressed,' police said.
The Utah Special Victims Unit then took over the matter, leading them to uncover a trove of more evidence on Zinn's phone.
A search warrant was obtained on Monday and investigators found 'over 20 images of children ranging from 5 to 12 years old in various stages of undress and sexual posting,' authorities noted.

The known political activist admitted to police that 'he uses his phone to view and abuse child sex abuse material'
Authorities also uncovered 'several very graphic sexual text threads in which Zinn shared the images with other parties,' according to police.
He then admitted 'he gets sexual gratification from viewing and sharing' the images, and prefers children who are between 5 and 12 years old, the sheriff's office said.
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