FOX Amplifies AIM Probe into UW Researcher Who Promoted Murder Online
January 15, 2026
The University of Washington is investigating comments made by a researcher who posted on social media, allegedly calling for the assassination of conservative voices.
Mara Maughan, who uses she/they pronouns according to her bio on the UW Fuller Labs website, is labeled as an RSE1 under the Department of Microbiology’s “research and lab staff.”
“May there be tyler robinsons for you all,” Maughan posted on Facebook in a comment directed at Educational Freedom Institute Executive Director Corey DeAngelis.
Tyler Robinson is charged with the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
DeAngelis had posted a clip of a Democratic state senator in Washington state with the caption, “he can’t acknowledge that there are biological differences between men and women.”
“This kind of violent rhetoric from Mara Maughan and far too many others on the left — wishing for assassins to target conservatives like me and my family — absolutely concerns me, as it not only normalizes political violence but fuels a dangerous environment where radical ideologies in academia and beyond threaten our freedoms and safety without accountability,” DeAngelis told Fox News Digital.
“I’ve seen how the left resorts to these tactics when they’re losing the argument on merits, and it’s high time institutions like UW step up to condemn and discipline such hate to prevent real-world tragedies.”
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