Multiple outlets and Utah’s governor Spencer Cox all say Robinson was in a romantic relationship with a transgender roommate who had been born male and was transitioning.[thehill +6]
•Charging documents cited by local reporters say Robinson’s mother told police he had “started to lean more left” and become “more pro‑gay and trans‑rights oriented,” and that he was dating this roommate.[advocate +2]
Relationship with transgender roommate
Several independently reported facts converge here:
•Utah Gov. Spencer Cox stated on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that Robinson was in a romantic relationship with his roommate, “a boyfriend … transitioning from male to female,” confirming that this roommate identified as transgender.[thetimes +1]
•Sky News reported that, according to Gov. Cox, the suspect “was in a romantic relationship with his transgender roommate,” reiterating that the roommate was undergoing a gender transition.[https://t.co/V8FlYXyHEo]
Robinson “lived with a transgender partner,” with the partner cooperating with the FBI; public records show a biologically male roommate at the same address.
•Local coverage of charging documents notes that authorities themselves describe the roommate as a “transgender roommate” and say officials believe Robinson was in a romantic relationship with this person.[facebook]
Taken together, these sources are strong evidence that Robinson was in a romantic/sexual relationship with a trans woman (someone born male, transitioning to female).[kfoxtv +4]
Statements from family and prosecutors
•A county attorney summarized that Robinson’s mother told police her son had “started to lean more to the left” and had become “more pro‑gay and trans‑rights oriented” in the year leading up to the shooting.[advocate +2]
•The same prosecutorial summary (as relayed by outlets like The Advocate and YouTube news coverage) describes her saying he had begun dating his roommate, “a biological male who was transitioning genders.”[youtube +1]
This is second‑hand but comes via sworn charging documents, which gives it more evidentiary weight than pure rumor.[facebook]
The Advocate’s write‑up on his “views on LGBTQ+ issues” notes that friends previously saw him as conservative or libertarian, but prosecutors say his mother reported he had become “more pro‑gay and trans-rights oriented.”[advocate]
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The allegation was never corroborated.
• The FBI’s own Inspector General (Michael Horowitz) report (Dec. 2019) on the Carter Page FISA warrants found 17 significant inaccuracies and omissions in the applications. The dossier was “central and essential” to those warrants, yet the FBI:
• Omitted Page’s own recorded denial (to an FBI confidential human source) that he had ever met Sechin or even knew who the other alleged Russian contact (Divyekin) was.
• Failed to tell the FISA court that the dossier’s primary sub-source told the FBI he/she did not report the Page-Sechin meeting to Christopher Steele and raised major doubts about the reliability of that part of the dossier.
• Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation found no evidence Page conspired with Russia or acted as an agent. Page was never charged with anything.
• Special Counsel John Durham’s report (2023) concluded the FBI “was not able to corroborate a single substantive allegation” in the Steele reports.
The dossier itself was opposition research. It was commissioned by the Clinton campaign and DNC through Fusion GPS. The FBI knew this but downplayed it when seeking FISA warrants on Page. Multiple sub-sources had ties to Russian intelligence or Clinton supporters, and the primary sub-source had personal/business connections that further undermined credibility.
The government itself later admitted the surveillance was flawed. In April 2026 the DOJ settled Carter Page’s lawsuit for $1.25 million over the illegal surveillance tied to these flawed FISA warrants (while Page can still pursue claims against individual ex-officials).