Charlie Kirk's parents, widow to attend Tyler Robinson's preliminary hearing next week

FIRST ON FOX: Charlie Kirk's parents and his widow Erika Kirk volition be Tyler Robinson's preliminary proceeding successful Utah adjacent week, according to a root acquainted with the situation.

It marks the archetypal large proceeding Kirk's household is expected to be since Robinson's apprehension successful the days aft his assassination.

The household is not expected to talk publicly, however.

Robinson, 22, is accused of fatally shooting Kirk during a Turning Point USA lawsuit astatine Utah Valley University connected Sept. 10, 2025. He has not yet entered a plea.

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Erika Kirk participates successful a Medal of Freedom Ceremony for her precocious hubby Charlie Kirk successful the White House Rose Garden connected Oct. 14, 2025. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The preliminary proceeding is expected to instrumentality the afloat week of July 6. Prosecutors volition telephone witnesses successful a bid to found probable origin for the lawsuit against Robinson, and if they succeed, the tribunal volition let the lawsuit to spell to trial.

There is simply a accidental that the proceeding gets pushed back, however, with the Utah Supreme Court weighing a defence entreaty implicit Judge Tony Graf's denial of Robinson's question to prohibition quality cameras from the proceedings — a question opposed by designated victims' advocator Erika Kirk.

The state's highest tribunal could contented a determination earlier the extremity of the week.

"[The preliminary hearing] is expected to beryllium a raw, hard infinitesimal for the family," the root told Fox News and Fox News Digital.

Several videos of Kirk's execution circulated wide online minutes aft the shooting, and akin images are expected to beryllium shown successful court. The sides person agreed to notify household members of delicate grounds earlier they amusement it, giving them an accidental to permission the courtroom successful advance, the root said Monday.

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Tyler Robinson appears during a proceeding successful 4th District Court successful Provo connected Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, related to the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune via Pool)

Robinson could look the decease punishment if convicted of the apical complaint of aggravated murder. He faces six lesser charges, including weapons offenses, obstruction of justness and witnesser tampering.

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Charlie Kirk appears earlier a assemblage astatine Utah Valley University successful Orem, Utah, connected Sept. 10, 2025. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune)

Unlike a trial, hearsay grounds volition beryllium allowed astatine the preliminary hearing. And prosecutors person successfully asked the tribunal to let them to play a video connection from Twiggs, alternatively than putting him connected the witnesser basal to look cross-examination.

Prosecutors person argued that Twiggs is unavailable to attest successful person, aft helium moved retired of authorities and was concisely placed nether the FBI's extortion owed to the case's precocious profile.

Charlie Kirk, laminitis of Turning Point USA, was changeable and killed during his "American Comeback Tour" quality astatine Utah Valley University successful Orem, Utah, connected Sept. 10, 2025. People ran aft shots were fired astatine the field event. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)

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Robinson allegedly confessed to the assassination successful conversations with Twiggs and successful a enactment near down astatine the pair's shared apartment, according to tribunal documents.

"I had the accidental to instrumentality retired Charlie Kirk, and I’m going to instrumentality it," the alleged enactment reads, according to tribunal filings.

Memorials filled the writer extracurricular Utah Valley University arsenic students returned seeking intelligence wellness resources and employees resumed enactment connected campus. (Deirdre Heavey for Fox News Digital)

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"You weren’t the 1 who did it right????" Twiggs allegedly asked successful a substance connection later.

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"I am, I’m sorry," Robinson allegedly responded, according to tribunal filings.

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Police recovered the suspected execution weapon, a Mauser rifle, wrapped successful a broad successful a spot of woods adjacent campus. Prosecutors person said that different substance messages betwixt Robinson and Twiggs allegedly sermon wanting to retrieve the rifle.

Twiggs is cooperating with investigators and has not been charged with a crime.

Tyler Robinson, a fishy successful the Charlie Kirk assassination case, and Lance Twiggs are shown unneurotic successful this image. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune and Lance Twiggs/TikTok)

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Kirk, a 31-year-old begetter of two, founded the campus-based blimpish radical Turning Point USA. He was participating successful a question-and-answer speaking circuit erstwhile a azygous slug struck him fatally successful the neck.

Last week, Graf ruled that the prosecution had violated a gag bid but denied the defence team's question to onslaught the imaginable decease punishment up of trial, uncovering alternatively that expanded assemblage enactment procedures would beryllium appropriate.