Posted on 03/30/2026 7:02:51 PM PDT by algore
The bullet that killed conservative commentator Charlie Kirk did not match the rifle used by suspected killer Tyler Robinson, a bombshell new court filing states.
Robinson, 22, is facing capital murder charges and a potential death sentence for Kirk's murder at Utah Valley University on September 10.
But his defense attorneys now argue that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives 'was unable to identify the bullet recovered at autopsy to the rifle allegedly tied to Mr Robinson.'
The defense team may now offer the ATF firearm analyst's testimony as exculpatory evidence, they said in a motion filed on Friday to push the preliminary hearing back at least six months, Fox News reports.
'The defense team has devoted, and will continue to devote, significant resources, to processing discovery, including identifying materials not yet received to inform readiness for the preliminary hearing,' the filing states.
'However, the defense team is realistic and the comprehensive review required to determine what is missing will take hundreds of hours.'
'What is known at present is that Mr Robinson has not yet received the forensic case files and data necessary to investigate, through the use of qualified experts, the scientific reports the state intends to introduce at the preliminary hearing,' the attorneys continued.
His attorneys have previously noted that pretrial publicity reached as far as the White House, with President Donald Trump saying shortly after Robinson's arrest that he hopes 'he gets the death penalty.'
They are now expected to show evidence at the hearing they believe contains 'harmful and prejudicial media coverage of this case thus far.'
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In her quest to destroy Erika, Candace is going to get this murderer acquitted.
Oh no, a defense attorney filed a claim. It’s so over.
Good Lord.
I think you’re right.
Who is paying for this expensive Dream Team defense????
Sheesh. Many high powered rifle bullets are “unable to be matched” to the rifle they are fired from.
This intrinsic to the technology. A rifle bullet can become very battered on impact, making it impossible to match by rifling marks.
It may be the same make and model and weight as the bullets found with the rifle. That is not a “match” to the rifle.
Making molehills into mountains.
Could easily be the case if the bullet was sufficiently damaged as to make the markings on the bullet impossible to see.
Clarence E. Gideon
Defense attorneys are always honest and objective about things, only wanting to seek the truth. Yeah, right.
Someone swapped the rifle for another one—that is the most logical explanation.
Same with the media.
Joe Kent is actually the central figure in that effort, aligned with the far-left.
In the days following Kirk's assassination, we had the political capital to completely destroy the left.
And then this dumb bitch showed up.
Do any of them match?
What about all of the other bullets? In particular the one that killed a guy?
Only one bullet was fired at Charlie Kirk, and he was killed by its impact.
Bull
Limited hangout to keep people believing that it was a bullet.
The defense team filed this.
Not the police or FBI.
Guess the insanity plea wasn’t going to work
I’m not saying this is what was used but, it’s a possibility:
https://eabco.com/accelerator-type-sabots-for-30-caliber-cartridges-100/
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