Jason Chaffetz Fights Back Tears While Describing Trump Phone Call After He Witnessed Charlie Kirk Shooting

Zachary Leeman Sep 11th, 2025, 12:46 pm

Jason Chaffetz revealed he received a phone call from President Donald Trump following his witnessing the shooting of Charlie Kirk in Utah.

Chaffetz, a former Utah congressman, described the phone call on Thursday to Harris Faulkner on Fox News’ The Faulkner Focus . Chaffetz was in attendance on Wednesday at the Utah campus event where Kirk was shot and killed. Chaffetz had called into Fox the day prior, not long after the shooting , to give an eyewitness account. Chaffetz was friends with Kirk and spoke to him shortly before the shooting.

“I hope I can get through this part,” Chaffetz told Faulkner on Thursday as he fough

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