Has Candace Owens publicly detailed the alleged threat from Emmanuel Macron and when did she first report it?
Executive summary
Candace Owens publicly detailed an alleged assassination threat on November 22–24, 2025 in a series of posts and program interruptions, saying a “high‑ranking employee of the French Government” warned her and that she’d reported the matter to U.S. authorities (e.g., she posted on X on Nov. 22 and later claimed $1.5 million was moved for the plot) [1] [2]. Multiple outlets report she took her show off the air while repeating those claims and saying the White House and counterterrorism agencies had “confirmed receipt” of her report; reporting also emphasizes the claims remain Owens’ assertions and unverified in independent reporting [3] [4].
1. What Owens publicly said and when — timeline from her posts
Candace Owens first made the claims public in an X thread on November 22, 2025, saying she had been contacted two days earlier by a “high‑ranking French government employee” who warned that Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron had “executed upon and paid for my assassination,” and she urged caution while sharing alleged details [1] [5]. Over the next days she expanded the allegation, saying $1.5 million had been moved to fund the plot and that she had informed people in the White House and U.S. counterterrorism agencies, and she announced her show would be off the air while the matter was addressed [2] [3] [6].
2. What specifics Owens has publicly alleged
Owens has alleged a paid assassination squad tied to France’s elite units (naming the National Gendarmerie Intervention Group, GIGN), claimed the plot included “one Israeli,” and asserted financial movement of roughly $1.5 million to carry out the operation; she also linked the allegation to her ongoing reporting about Brigitte Macron and to the September killing of activist Charlie Kirk [1] [2] [7]. She additionally said she would provide names, international account details and full information to U.S. authorities [5].
3. How media reported the claims and immediate caveats
Mainstream and international outlets widely reported Owens’s posts and the ensuing uproar, but the coverage routinely framed the allegations as unverified and driven by Owens’ prior campaign accusing Brigitte Macron of being transgender — a campaign that prompted a defamation lawsuit by the Macrons [3] [8] [9]. Fact‑check and reporting pieces note that, as of these accounts, the claims stand as Owens’ assertions without public independent confirmation [4] [9].
4. Government acknowledgement claims and reporting gaps
Owens said the White House and U.S. counterterrorism agencies “confirmed receipt” of what she reported publicly; multiple outlets repeated that she claimed to have notified federal authorities and that her posts asserted the White House had received the information [3] [6] [4]. Available reporting does not provide independent confirmation that U.S. officials have validated the substantive allegations or that formal investigations have been publicly announced; instead, outlets emphasize Owens’ statement that authorities “confirmed receipt,” not confirmation of the underlying plot [4] [3].
5. Legal and contextual background influencing the story
The immediate context is a defamation lawsuit the Macrons filed in the U.S. over Owens’s repeated claims about Brigitte Macron’s identity; reporting ties the assassination allegation to that ongoing legal and media feud and notes that Owens’ series and promotion of the Brigitte theory preceded the new posts [3] [1]. Commentators and opinion pieces frame Owens’ behaviour as escalating amid that dispute, while some conservative or sympathetic outlets amplify her assertions [8] [10].
6. Competing viewpoints and credibility considerations
Supporters treat Owens’ posts as whistleblowing and stress her claim of a verifiable source and willingness to provide names and financial trails to authorities [5]. Critics and many news outlets call the allegations “unverified,” stress lack of publicly shared corroborating evidence, and warn the claims may be part of a pattern of conspiratorial or defamatory content that prompted the Macrons’ suit [4] [8] [9]. Reporting also notes no public, independent evidence linking Macron or French officials to the murder of Charlie Kirk as alleged by Owens [9] [8].
7. What reporting does not (yet) say — limits of available sources
Available reporting in the provided selection does not include confirmations from French authorities that such a plot was authorized, nor does it include publicly released evidence (bank records, corroborating witnesses, or formal U.S. agency statements validating the plot). If you’re seeking verification beyond Owens’ public posts and the subsequent media summaries, the current reporting does not provide it [4] [3].
Bottom line: Candace Owens publicly described the alleged threat beginning on Nov. 22, 2025 and expanded the allegation in the following days, saying she informed U.S. authorities and that her show would pause; however, reporting available here frames those claims as Owens’ unverified assertions amid an ongoing defamation dispute with the Macrons [1] [3] [4].