Bill Ackman fired back Thursday against claims from political commentator Candace Owens that he orchestrated an “intervention” with Charlie Kirk over Kirk’s stance on Israel — including allegations of threats and blackmail.
The billionaire founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, posted a lengthy message on X on Tuesday aiming to rebut claims made by Owens and others that he sought to persuade Kirk to adopt a more pro-Israel stance during a Hamptons meeting a month before his assassination last Wednesday.
According to Ackman, Owens “slandered me by accusing me of ‘staging an intervention’ with Charlie Kirk in which ‘threats were made’ with respect to his supposed ‘evolving stance’ on Israel at an event I hosted in the Hamptons.” 5
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“Candace also intimated that I ‘bl