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Charlie Kirk's accused killer, Tyler Robinson, is back in court this week as prosecutors begin presenting evidence during his preliminary hearing. Robinson is charged with assassinating Kirk, and the weeklong hearing is expected to include surveillance video, forensic evidence, digital records, and testimony aimed at determining whether there is enough evidence for the case to move to trial. Kirk's parents and widow are expected to attend the proceedings, while court officials have implemented heightened security for the high-profile case.

Lance Twiggs was living with Robinson when Kirk was killed last year.A judge on Monday dismissed a motion by Tyler Robinson’s attorneys to subpoena his former romantic partner to testify in court next month. Robinson, 23, is accused of killing right-wing activist Charlie Kirk as he spoke at a campus debate at Utah Valley University in Orem last year. Robinson faces multiple charges in connection with the killing, including felony aggravated murder. On Monday, state District Judge Tony Graf Jr. granted prosecutors’ motion to quash a subpoena brought by defense attorneys to have Lance Twiggs testify live in Utah at...

Tyler Robinson’s lover, Lance Twiggs, has been granted limited “use immunity” to testify in person at an upcoming hearing in the Charlie Kirk murder case. Prosecutors said in a court filing that they want to cross-examine Lance Twiggs. The prosecutors plan to present Lance Twiggs’s text exchanges with Robinson and recorded statements during next month’s preliminary hearing. LA Magazine reported: The murder case against Tyler Robinson, the Utah man accused of fatally shooting Turning Point USA founder and conservative activist Charlie Kirk, is heading towards the highly-anticipated preliminary hearing. And prosecutors have scored a big win with a significant witness....

The Utah court overseeing the Tyler Robinson case held an evidentiary hearing on Friday regarding the defense’s claims that state prosecutors should be held in contempt over comments the Utah County Attorney’s Office has given to the press over an ATF ballistics report cited in a defense motion. In closing arguments, the defense said that the judge should block the state from seeking the death penalty in the case. Defense attorney Richard Novak said during his closing that "I think that the number one remedy in this case, your honor, is for this court to preclude the state from seeking...

Organizers instructed participants to “Be as loud as you can. Be as obnoxious as you can. Make these people hate us. Make sure they know you hate them.” A group of far-left activists descended on Turning Point USA’s Women’s Leadership Summit over the weekend, intent on heckling attendees, ridiculing the event, and creating as much disruption as possible. The three-day summit, which began Friday at the San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter, took place under heightened security after months of organizing by activist groups opposed to the event. The security concerns were not merely hypothetical. Just one week before the summit, authorities...

An effort by Tyler Robinson's defense team to keep evidence against their client under wraps failed this week. The judge handling the case refused to restrict cameras from an upcoming hearing. Why does this particular hearing, currently scheduled for next month, matter? Because prosecutors are expected to release a bunch of new evidence against Robinson.Mr. Robinson’s defense has sought to close other hearings in the Utah trial, keep motions and evidence under seal and restrict news coverage of the case, arguing that the intense media attention will lead to negative publicity, prejudicing potential jurors and denying Mr. Robinson’s right to...

Judge Tony Graf on Friday rejected a request from Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin to ban cameras in the courtroom during the duration of the trial. The judge also pushed Kirk’s assassin Tyler Robinson’s preliminary hearing to July 6. Judge Tony Graf Jr. pushed accused Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson’s preliminary hearing into July and rejected a bid to ban cameras from the courtroom, marking significant pretrial developments in the high-profile case. Graf moved the preliminary hearing to July 6 through July 10, and denied Robinson’s motion to ban cameras and electronic media from the courtroom, allowing continued media coverage as...

In a shift from the past, more accused violent assailants have striking academic records. ‘We’re seeing a new breed of individual.’ An Ivy League grad. An aspiring engineer who scored 1530 out of 1600 on his SAT. A 4.0 high-school student with a prestigious college scholarship. And now, a Caltech grad.

The trial of alleged Charlie Kirk killer Tyler Robinson continued this week in Utah. The defense team for Tyler Robinson filed a motion this week asking the court to hold the Utah County Attorney and his team in contempt. Tyler Robinson is charged with one count of aggravated murder with the victim targeting enhancement, one count of felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury, and two counts of obstruction of justice with capital or first-degree felony conduct. Prosecutors revealed the campus cameras captured Tyler Robinson going to the snipers perch, taking the shot at Charlie Kirk, and then...

Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson, 22, was taken into custody on Friday morning after his father confronted him about the murder. Charlie Kirk was murdered in cold blood on Wednesday at an event at Utah Valley University after Robinson opened fire from an elevated position from a rooftop. Robinson’s father, a veteran police officer, confronted him after Utah authorities released new photos of the suspect on Thursday. According to The New York Post, Tyler Robinson threatened to take his own life rather than turn himself in. The New York Post reported: Accused Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson threatened to kill...

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...

New court motions for Robinson's trial, show lab reports not only deemed findings INCONCLUSIVE, they also say that the BULLET fragment COULD BELONG TO MANY MAKES/MODELS OF GUNS.

Maybe you've seen this story circulating on X. The Daily Mail ran with a borderline fake news headline: "Bullet used to kill Charlie Kirk did NOT match rifle allegedly used by suspect Tyler Robinson, new court filing claims." The first paragraph of the story dialed that back a bit. [emphasis added]The bullet that killed conservative commentator Charlie Kirk may 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...

There's a new twist in the case surrounding the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk ... new legal documents claim the bullet used to commit the crime does not match the rifle tied to suspect Tyler Robinson, TMZ has learned. According to the legal docs obtained by TMZ, Robinson's defense team argues there’s a discrepancy between the ballistic evidence and the weapon prosecutors say is connected to Robinson ... who's facing multiple charges -- including aggravated murder and felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury -- in Charlie's slaying.

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...

Sinclair Broadcast Group on Monday evening announced they won’t broadcast Jimmy Kimmel Live! across its ABC affiliate stations after ABC caved. Earlier Monday, ABC announced Jimmy Kimmel would be returning to the airwaves just six days after suspending him for lying about Charlie Kirk’s assassination. TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk was assassinated at an event at Utah Valley University earlier this month. Jimmy Kimmel lied to millions of people and claimed Kirk was assassinated by a MAGA conservative. “We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as...

My general sense of the Tyler Robinson defense team at this point is that they are doing everything they can think of to keep their client alive. Part of that has involved making absurd claims to the court in an effort to drag out this process as long as possible. The defense spent months arguing that the entire defense team needed to recuse itself because the daughter of one of the attorneys happened to be present in the crowd when Charlie Kirk was shot and killed. Last month judge Tony Graf finally said no to this dubious request.Robinson’s attorneys urged...

Lawyers representing the man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk argued Thursday during his first in-person court appearance that cameras not be used during his trial, despite Erika Kirk insisting all hearings be broadcast for transparency. Tyler Robinson, 22, was brought into the Provo courtroom wearing a simple blue button down and argyl tie as his lawyers prepared to argue that media shouldn’t be allowed to film his hearings by claiming they could potentially taint a jury.Judge Tony Graf allowed cameras to film for part of Thursday’s proceedings, but more than two hours of the hearing was carried on...

A Utah man accused of assassinating conservative superstar Charlie Kirk smirked as he made his first public appearance in court. Tyler Robinson, 22, appeared inside a Utah courtroom flanked by his legal team as they pushed to further limit media access in the high-profile criminal case. It was the first time Robinson was seen in person after making previous court appearances via video or audio feed from jail. He was seen smiling as he engaged in deep conversation with his legal team before the hearing started. As he entered the courtroom he smiled at the people sitting in a row...

FBI Director Kash Patel shut down numerous accusations that have been made by podcast host Candace Owens involving the murder of the late co-founder of Turning Point USA, Charlie Kirk. During his appearance on Friday on the Sirius XM The Megyn Kelly Show podcast, Kelly started out by asking Patel if they believe they have the "proper suspect in custody" — if Tyler Robinson is "in fact, the man who killed Kirk." Patel didn't hesitate in the slightest and answered, "Yes." The host then brought up one of the wild accusations that have been made by Owens, which includes claiming...