Alleged Charlie Kirk assassin's defense team reveals who will be called to testify: court docs

Attorneys for Tyler Robinson, the antheral accused of assassinating blimpish icon Charlie Kirk, person revealed who prosecutors mean to telephone to the basal and besides asked the tribunal to hold the preliminary hearing.

The filing, made by defence attorneys connected Friday, states that prosecutors mean to telephone Robinson's parents and his roommate and romanticist partner, Lance Twiggs, to attest astatine the preliminary hearing. Robinson's defence squad is besides asking the justice for a minimum six-month hold for the preliminary hearing, which is presently scheduled for May 18.

Robinson's defence squad said that defence attorneys received implicit 600,000 files from prosecutors during a gathering connected March 12, which she says volition instrumentality clip to review. She besides noted that the find isn't implicit yet.

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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, December, 11, 2025. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via Pool)

"Discovery successful this lawsuit is incomplete, voluminous, and the processing of it is complex," the defence squad wrote.

One of the defense's experts, a forensic biologist, said she'd request six months to reappraisal the evidence.

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Charlie Kirk was a blimpish activistic who led Turning Point USA. (Alex Brandon/The Associated Press)

The filing by Robinson's defence attorneys doesn't petition that the adjacent tribunal proceeding connected April 17 beryllium pushed back. That proceeding volition beryllium focused connected nationalist and media entree to aboriginal tribunal hearings, which includes a defence question to prohibition each cameras from the courtroom.

Robinson's defence squad plans to amusement grounds they judge contains "harmful and prejudicial media sum of this lawsuit frankincense far."

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Charlie Kirk speaks earlier helium is assassinated during Turning Point's sojourn to Utah Valley University successful Orem, Utah connected September 10, 2025. (Tess Crowley/The Deseret News via AP)

"While determination is simply not capable clip to contiguous each of what is referenced successful the ‘motion to exclude cameras,’ the compilation anticipated volition item the astir egregious and astir concerning media sum impacting Mr. Robinson’s case," his attorneys wrote.

During a Feb. 24 hearing, Judge Tony Graf denied a question from Robinson's lawyers that would person removed prosecutors from the case.

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Robinson's defence squad tried arguing determination was a struggle of involvement due to the fact that a prosecutor's girl was astatine the lawsuit astatine Utah Valley University erstwhile Kirk was changeable and killed.

Graf, successful his response, said the tribunal was "unpersuaded" by the defence team's statement of an "appearance of bias" from prosecutors.

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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, December, 11, 2025. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via Pool)

"Because suspect has not established a factual ground for a uncovering of struggle of involvement oregon an nonsubjective quality of impropriety, rising to a law concern, his question is respectfully denied," Graf said. "In sum, the suspect has not shown that determination is simply a important hazard that Mr. Gray's loyalty to his girl has oregon volition materially bounds practice of the state. Nor has suspect demonstrated that his owed process rights are compromised by the continued prosecution of this lawsuit by the Utah County Attorney's Office."

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Robinson faces aggregate charges aft helium allegedly killed Kirk connected Sept. 10, 2025, which see aggravated murder. His charges are decease punishment eligible.

Fox News’ Michael Ruiz, Stepheny Price, Julia Bonavita and Peter D’Abrosca contributed to the report.