Accused Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson fights back as prosecutors' sprawling case comes into focus

PROVO, Utah – Tyler Robinson, the 23-year-old antheral accused of assassinating Turning Point USA laminitis Charlie Kirk astatine Utah Valley University past year, is owed successful tribunal Monday for a week-long preliminary proceeding that volition find whether prosecutors person capable grounds to determination the lawsuit toward trial.

While successful galore cases, prosecutors unafraid a expansive assemblage indictment down closed doors and without giving defence lawyers a accidental to situation the evidence, Robinson was charged by information, meaning prosecutors indispensable found probable origin astatine a nationalist preliminary proceeding earlier the lawsuit tin determination to trial.

Defense attorneys volition beryllium capable to cross-examine witnesses. But dissimilar an existent trial, determination is simply a little load of proof. Prosecutors request to amusement probable origin for the charges against Robinson. They bash not person to beryllium blameworthy beyond a tenable doubt. That comes astatine trial, successful beforehand of a jury.

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Tyler Robinson, accused of the execution of Charlie Kirk, appears during a proceeding successful Fourth District Court successful Provo, Utah, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via Pool)

Kirk, a 31-year-old begetter of two, was speaking astatine a TPUSA lawsuit successful beforehand of thousands of young radical erstwhile a sniper's slug fatally struck him successful the neck. His widow and parents are expected to be the hearing.

Prosecutors person alleged that investigators recovered Robinson's DNA connected the trigger of the suspected execution weapon, his grandfather's Mauser rifle; a towel they recovered wrapped astir it; 3 of the 4 bullets wrong — and a screwdriver recovered adjacent the suspected rooftop sniper's perch.

Digital grounds against Robinson is expected to see alleged confessions implicit substance messages and the Discord communications app.

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Charlie Kirk was assassinated Sept. 10 during an outdoor lawsuit astatine Utah Valley University. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)

Police recovered the firearm successful a spot of woods adjacent the UVU campus, on the suspect's flight route. Robinson is accused of sending substance messages to his lover, Lance Twiggs, astir wanting to retrieve the rifle, and instrumentality enforcement sources person said helium is believed to person travel face-to-face with an serviceman manning the perimeter nearby.

"Stuck successful Orem for a small portion longer yet," Robinson allegedly wrote successful the hours aft the murder. "Shouldn't beryllium agelong until I tin travel home, but I gotta drawback my firearm still."

Twiggs, whom Robinson allegedly near a handwritten enactment confessing to the crime, is cooperating with investigators and has not been charged.

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While the suspect's person won't instrumentality the witnesser basal astatine the week-long preliminary hearing, prosecutors are expected to play a video of his interrogation with police.

While Robinson's defence played up the information the ATF was incapable to conclusively lucifer the slug that killed Kirk to the Mauser, analysts couldn't regularisation it retired either. They recovered it was a accordant caliber and recovered a spent casing that did match.

Witnesses are besides expected to spot Robinson astatine the country — erstwhile helium lived a four-hour thrust distant successful Washington, Utah.

An approximation of the suspected movements of Tyler Robinson, Charlie Kirk's alleged assassin, based connected tribunal documents, video from the country and conversations with instrumentality enforcement. (Google Maps, Fox News Digital)

In summation to allegedly shooting Kirk, helium is besides accused of witnesser tampering, committing a convulsive discourtesy successful the beingness of a child, felony discharge of a firearm causing superior bodily wounded and obstruction of justice.

Prosecutors person alleged Robinson targeted Kirk due to the fact that of his governmental views, tried to conceal the firearm and the apparel helium wore during the shooting and urged Twiggs to delete incriminating messages, destruct the enactment and enactment soundless if constabulary questioned him.

Investigators hunt a taped-off country successful Orem, Utah, connected Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. The hunt is believed to beryllium related to the hunt for grounds successful the assassination of Charlie Kirk during a rally astatine UVU. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)

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Robinson has not yet entered a plea and won't beryllium required to bash truthful unless prosecutors prevail astatine the preliminary hearing.

The apical complaint against him, aggravated murder, carries the imaginable decease penalty.