India, March 28 -- The Charlie Kirk Show host Blake Neff publicly criticized Buckley Carlson, the younger brother of former Fox News host Tucker Carlson. This came as Buckley promoted a baseless theory suggesting that a friend of Charlie Kirk had foreknowledge of the assassination plot.

Specifically, Buckley claimed that Josh Hammer had sent coded messages about the attack, a claim Neff slammed as a "malicious lie."

Neff said that spreading such false claims is harmful and distracts from the search for justice. Buckley Carlson, however, refused to back down, maintaining his public stance.

Neff responded to Buckley Carlson's claims, saying, "You think it's reasonable to believe that Josh Hammer, a longtime friend of Charlie who repeated...