Tyler Robinson defense asks court to bar cameras for next in-person hearing

Accused Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson filed a Sunday tribunal question to barroom each inactive cameras, video cameras and microphones from a captious proceeding connected April 17.

On that day, Robinson is scheduled to beryllium contiguous successful court, and the authorities and defence are expected to marque a flurry of motions.

Judge Tony Graf has not made a ruling connected whether to prohibition physics media passim the people of the trial.

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

Fox News Legal Analyst Donna Rotunno, and big of the podcast "Crime & Justice with Donna Rotunno," said Graf should "take control" and marque a definitive ruling connected media successful the courtroom passim the remainder of the proceedings.

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She said the defence asking lone to prohibition physics media for the April 17 proceeding could beryllium indicative of a larger strategy, and that they whitethorn inquire to barroom media connected a hearing-by-hearing basis. That way, if Graf rules against them, they volition lone suffer the question for 1 circumstantial hearing, and not for each of the proceedings moving forward.

Kirk's widow, Erika Kirk, has pleaded for cameras to beryllium allowed during the trial.

Tyler Robinson, left, accused successful the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, sits beside defence lawyer Kathryn Nester during a proceeding successful Fourth District Court successful Provo connected Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (Bethany Baker/The Salt Lake Tribune)

"There were cameras each implicit my hubby erstwhile helium was murdered," she told Fox News' Jesse Watters successful an exclusive interrogation successful November. "There person been cameras each implicit my friends and household mourning. There person been cameras each implicit me, analyzing my each move, analyzing my each smile, my each tear. We merit to person cameras successful there."

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"Why not beryllium transparent?" Kirk continued. "There's thing to hide. I cognize there's not due to the fact that I've seen what the lawsuit is built on."

Prosecutors besides filed a effect to a question filed by Robinson's squad past week, asking the tribunal a May 18 preliminary proceeding back. The defence is asking to propulsion backmost the preliminary proceeding until adept find is complete, and prosecutors reason that the proceeding should beryllium held connected the scheduled date.

Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk's widow, speaks astatine the nationalist memorial work for right-wing activistic Charlie Kirk astatine State Farm Stadium successful Glendale, Arizona, connected September 21, 2025. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP)

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The authorities argues that the defence is trying to confer upon itself rights during the preliminary signifier of the proceedings that it is not entitled to until the existent proceedings itself, and that find is meant to beryllium reserved for the trial, not preliminary proceedings.

Rotunno agrees that the defence has been fixed capable find leeway successful the preliminary signifier of the tribunal proceedings, and that the proceeding should stay scheduled for May 18.