Tyler Robinson prosecutors say defense fueled viral misinformation in Charlie Kirk assassination case

Utah prosecutors are accusing Tyler Robinson's defence squad of misleading the nationalist successful tribunal filings earlier attempting to person authorities sanctioned for trying to "set the grounds straight."

In an ironic twist, prosecutors besides noted the defense's assertion had gone viral aft being picked up successful the media.

Robinson's lawyers person antecedently complained sum of the lawsuit enactment his close to a just proceedings astatine hazard and person a pending question to person quality cameras barred from aboriginal tribunal proceedings.

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Tyler Robinson is accused of fatally shooting Turning Point USA laminitis Charlie Kirk astatine a nationalist speaking lawsuit astatine Utah Valley University successful September. (Bethany Baker/Pool via REUTERS, Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)

Deputy Utah County Attorney Christopher Ballard's question came successful effect to a defence propulsion to person prosecutors sanctioned for speaking connected the contented extracurricular of the courtroom.

He argued that prosecutors person done thing incorrect due to the fact that portion tribunal rules, similar Utah Rule of Professional Conduct 3.6(c), and a gag bid bounds what tin beryllium said astir the case, they let attorneys connected some sides to "set the grounds straight."

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Robinson's defence lawyers, successful a tribunal filing, asserted that "the ATF was incapable to place the slug recovered astatine autopsy to the firearm allegedly tied to Mr. Robinson."

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The claim, which Ballard described arsenic misleading and "misstated," generated millions of views from conscionable 1 study — and inspired further sum successful section and nationalist media, the authoritative wrote.

It besides fanned the flames of unverified claims that different radical could person been liable for Kirk's murder.

Tyler Robinson points portion seated adjacent to defence lawyer Kathryn Nester during a proceeding successful 4th District Court successful Provo connected Jan. 16, 2026. Robinson is accused successful the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk. (Bethany Baker/The Salt Lake Tribune)

But the defence near retired a important portion of context, according to Ballard.

"The ATF was incapable to place or exclude the slug arsenic having been fired from the rifle," helium wrote, emphasizing the missing accusation successful italics.

"Defendant reinforced this misleading inference by pursuing it up with, 'the defence whitethorn precise good determine to connection the grounds of the ATF firearm expert arsenic exculpatory evidence,'" helium added.

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Prosecutors Jeffrey S. Gray and Ryan McBride basal extracurricular Utah County District Court successful Provo, Utah, connected Oct. 24, 2025. They are prosecuting Tyler Robinson, the fishy successful the assassination of Charlie Kirk. (Alec Thornock/Fox News Digital)

In response, members of the prosecution squad attempted to supply much discourse successful nationalist interviews, explaining the ATF's conclusions portion noting the suspect was guiltless until proven guilty, Ballard wrote.

Judge Tony Graf Jr. yet unsealed the ATF study successful bid to springiness the nationalist nonstop entree to the root material.

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Ballard asked the justice to contradict the defence question and their petition to person prosecutors crook implicit interior communications, which helium argued are privileged enactment products.

Attorney Richard Novak speaks during a proceeding for Tyler Robinson, accused successful the fatal shooting of blimpish activistic Charlie Kirk, successful 4th District Court successful Provo, Utah, connected March 13, 2026. (Laura Seitz/Deseret News)

If the prosecution's nationalist statements are the issue, the defence already has them, helium noted.

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An appendix to the ATF study explained that "inconclusive" findings mean that it was "an examiner's sentiment that determination is an insufficient prime and/or quantity of idiosyncratic characteristics to place oregon exclude."

Experts person told Fox News Digital that it's not antithetic for a slug to disintegrate connected impact, making ballistic recognition unlikely.

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Defense attorneys Richard G. Novak, Michael N. Burt, and Kathryn Nester correspond Tyler Robinson astatine a waiver proceeding successful Utah County Court successful Provo, Utah, connected Sept. 29, 2025. Robinson is accused of sidesplitting Charlie Kirk astatine Utah Valley University. (Laura Seitz/The Deseret News)

However, prosecutors person recovered a spent casing that is some accordant with the slug and the alleged execution weapon.

Shortly earlier Kirk's assassination, Robinson allegedly climbed to a rooftop crossed the courtyard from wherever Kirk was speaking and fired a azygous changeable from his grandfather's Mauser rifle.

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Gruesome video shows the slug struck Kirk successful the cervix successful beforehand of a assemblage of astir 3,000 people. He died from the injury.

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. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)

Prosecutors person said field constabulary recovered marks near down connected the gravel rooftop moments aft the shooting "consistent with a sniper having lain [there] — impressions successful the gravel perchance near by the elbows, knees and feet of a idiosyncratic successful a prone shooting position."

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Police recovered the firearm wrapped successful a broad successful a spot of woods adjacent campus. And prosecutors person said that substance messages betwixt Robinson and his romanticist partner, Lance Twiggs, allegedly sermon wanting to retrieve the rifle.

"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."

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

Robinson could look the decease punishment if convicted of the apical complaint against him, aggravated murder.