Man charged in Charlie Kirk's assassination seeks to seal evidence from public

PROVO, Utah – The Utah antheral accused of assassinating Turning Point USA laminitis Charlie Kirk successful September 2025 is acceptable to look successful tribunal contiguous for different proceeding wherever Judge Tony Graf Jr. volition perceive to defence motions to restrict nationalist entree to definite tribunal filings, according to the Utah County Attorney’s Office.

Tyler Robinson, 22, faces a imaginable decease punishment if convicted of sidesplitting Kirk astatine Utah Valley University connected Sept. 10. 

"Specifically, Mr. Robinson seeks to instrumentality grounds successful a closed mounting regarding the unfairly prejudicial and misleading media sum and the improper statements of authorities officials successful bid to debar republicizing the same. Mr. Robinson besides asks this tribunal to instrumentality grounds regarding the privateness violations elaborate successful the ‘motion to exclude cameras’ successful a closed setting, to, again, debar reiterating the violative material," according to defence filings. 

Robinson’s defence squad is besides seeking to prohibition cameras and microphones, arguing media sum could prejudice a jury.

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

The defence squad wants to adjacent portions of the April 17 proceeding to the media, arguing prejudicial media sum interferes with Robinson’s close to a just trial. 

At the April 17 hearing, the defence squad plans to showcase grounds regarding "harmful and prejudicial media sum of this lawsuit frankincense far," the defence said. 

"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."

Charlie Kirk speaks astatine Utah Valley University connected September 10, 2025, successful Orem, Utah. Kirk, laminitis of Turning Point USA, was speaking during his "American Comeback Tour" erstwhile helium was changeable successful the cervix and killed.  (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)

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Previously astatine Robinson’s Feb. 24 hearing, Graf denied the question to disqualify the Utah County Attorney’s Office. 

The defence squad argued determination was a struggle of involvement due to the fact that a prosecutor's girl was contiguous astatine the shooting astatine UVU. 

Graf, however, said the tribunal was "unpersuaded" by the statement of an "appearance of bias" from the prosecution team. 

"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.

4th District Court Judge Tony Graf speaks during a waiver proceeding for Tyler Robinson, the antheral accused of sidesplitting Charlie Kirk astatine Utah Valley University, successful Utah County Court successful Provo, Utah, connected Monday, Sept. 29, 2025. (Laura Seitz/The Deseret News via Pool)

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The adjacent proceeding connected April 17 volition code the defense’s question to exclude each cameras from the courtroom, and a preliminary proceeding is acceptable for May 18-20. 

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