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Posted on 04/17/2026 9:31:01 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Tyler Robinson was back in court today where his defense team argued that they needed an additional six months just to read and view all of the evidence against their client which prosecutors have turned over to them.
Prosecutor Ryan McBride laid out a massive "mountain of proof" against the suspected assassin, arguing that a six-month delay requested by the defense is unnecessary because the state’s evidence already far exceeds the legal bar for trial...
[Defense attorney Richard] Novak characterized the state's production as "gigantic and voluminous," telling the court that his lawyers haven't finished reading the thousands of pages of discovery already sitting on their desks...
Following a short break, defense attorney Staci Visser told Graf that they need "at least four months to finish processing" the evidence that they've been given...
Robinson's lead defense attorney argued that she needs additional time, revealing that they have not yet seen the gun used to kill Kirk on September 10, 2025, and they have not been able to get into Robinson's phone.
It has been seven months since Charlie Kirk was killed. Tyler Robinson turned himself in the next day after his parents recognized him in the images released by police. But someone the defense needs another 4-6 months to catch up on their reading.
The other big decision being considered by the judge today is whether or not to open the courtroom to cameras during the trial. The defense wants the cameras out and Erika Kirk and the prosecution want them in. In order to make their case, Robinson's defense called an expert witness today who had also previously testified during the Kohberger case.
California-based trial consultant Bryan Edelman, who has a Ph.D. in social psychology, conducted a telephone survey for the defense and reported his findings on March 13.
"It is Dr. Edelman’s opinion that the modern internet and social media ecosystem — especially algorithmic curation and personalization — has fundamentally altered how news is consumed and makes local, high-profile publicity substantially harder to avoid for residents of the locality where the events giving rise to the case occurred and the case is being tried," Robinson's attorneys wrote in a filing last week...
Robinson's lawyers, Kathryn Nester, Michael Burt, Richard Novak and Staci Visser, also argued that pretrial publicity impacts the jury pool and can increase the likelihood of guilty verdicts. Judges are often tasked with balancing the public's right to access court proceedings and a defendant's right to a fair trial.
This trial is going to be a circus either way, but it seems to me that adding the cameras might make it worse. The OJ trial certainly proves that having cameras in the courtroom didn't dispel conspiracy theories or ensure a just verdict. On the contrary, it just supplied a stage for theatrical presentations. Personally, I'd prefer to have the cameras but I'd bet circus ringmaster Candace Owens is rooting for them too.
Policies on cameras and livestreaming vary among states. Cameras are generally prohibited in federal courts.
“There’s Supreme Court precedent that says courts generally need to be open to the public, but that’s not an absolute right,” said University of Utah law professor Teneille Brown. “Even if they allow public access, that does not equal a right to broadcast or record.”
The judge will need to announce his decision soon as the preliminary hearing that the defense is hoping to push back (again) is scheduled for next month.
Ultimately, I don't think any of it will matter what the judge decides. The evidence here is overwhelming and Tyler Robinson is going to be convicted once this goes before a jury. That won't be the end of the conspiracy theories of course but once he's in prison most people will move on to something else.
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Slow Walk Effort #1.
The defense is admitting both the staggering amount of evidence against their client and their incompetence.
Will they claim later that their client didn’t get a speedy trial?
The defense is hoping to delay this trial until their client dies of old age.
Will they claim later that their client didn’t get a speedy trial?
Setting the stage for an appeal based on incompetent counsel.
“Delaying until their client dies of old age”. Something Charlie has been denied!
Trying to. I’ll place my bet that they fail.
Of course they would still expect to get paid their outrageous fees even if they succeeded in that strategy.
Where’s Jack Ruby when you need him?
Aw, naw! We don’t need another 65 year conspiracy theory.
We need a conviction on evidence ... and send Candace Owens a court transcript in braille. :D
RE: The defense is hoping to delay this trial until their client dies of old age.
Hmmm... if Robinson dies in jail of old age, what makes that different from Life in Prison?
Lots very fishy that makes the kid look like a classic guv patsy who wasn’t responsible for the death of Charlie. Reportedly turned himself in to avoid being killed in a shoot out. With the massive data dump, a rushed trial wouldn’t be right.
WHAT evidence? I know of ZERO credible evidence.
They are pushing the need for more time for 3 possible reasons.
The lesser point is that they are raising the issue so they can claim on appeal that their client was denied his right to a speedy trial because the prosecution overloaded them by discovery dumping or document flooding.
The second and more likely appeal claim is that the judge rushed the trial and denied defense counsel the right to prepare and present a defense.
The 3rd and strongest possibility–the one that is arguably the primary strategic purpose of the stalling–is that defense is creating a record of prosecutorial overreach. The document flooding complaint isn't mainly about the speedy trial appeal. It's about building a narrative that the government acted in bad faith: that it buried exculpatory material in mountains of documents, that it weaponized disclosure, that it used its institutional resources to overwhelm rather than inform.
All three elements depend entirely on one discipline: a defense attorney who grumbles privately but doesn't make a clear record has largely forfeited every one of these arguments. Courts are unsympathetic to appellate complaints that weren't properly preserved below (at the trial level).
There’s a confession letter, dna, and a rifle. Kill the murdering, insane, pervert and move on.
Justice For Charlie!
Is there a statue to this guy anywhere yet?
That’s insane. I wonder if the judge will fall for it. Yesterday someone commented that this judge appears to be the Lance Ito of the 21st Century, and he’s loving the camera and attention.
If that’s true, then he’ll probably allow cameras in the court room.
Of course you’re right.
Erika did it. 🙄
I suppose you’re a Candy Cultist.
(BTW, there’s a ton of evidence.)
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