{"id":341512,"date":"2026-06-01T15:25:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T15:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/341512\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T15:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T15:25:07","slug":"judge-to-decide-if-charlie-kirk-killing-hearing-will-be-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/341512\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge to decide if Charlie Kirk killing hearing will be public"},"content":{"rendered":"

PROVO, Utah (AP) \u2014 A Utah judge is set to decide Monday whether to bar reporters and the public<\/a> from parts of a key upcoming hearing in the case of the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tyler Robinson\u2019s defense has asked Judge Tony Graf to restrict access to the preliminary hearing on July 6-10, when prosecutors must show they have enough evidence to warrant a trial. It will mark the most significant presentation of evidence to date in a case that has so far focused on matters of media access<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Defense attorneys also want to seal dozens of exhibits that prosecutors plan to introduce at the July hearing, arguing they could taint the jury pool before a possible trial.<\/p>\n

Robinson\u2019s lawyers have tried to guard against media coverage that they say sometimes misrepresents their client as his case has drawn tremendous public attention<\/a>. The 23-year-old from southwestern Utah is charged with crimes including aggravated murder in the Sept. 10 assassination<\/a> of Kirk on the Utah Valley University campus.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty if Robinson is convicted. He has not yet entered a plea.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors have argued the preliminary hearing should remain open, but they agreed that media should be restricted from viewing or copying some exhibits that could be used in a future trial. They plan to introduce forensic analyses, surveillance video, recordings of witness statements, autopsy findings and alleged messages from Robinson admitting to the crime.<\/p>\n

Authorities have said DNA consistent with Robinson\u2019s was found on the trigger of the rifle used to kill Kirk, the fired cartridge casing, two unfired cartridges and a towel used to wrap the rifle. Prosecutors also have said Robinson left a note<\/a> for his romantic partner that read, \u201cI had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and I\u2019m going to take it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PROVO, Utah (AP) \u2014 A Utah judge is set to decide Monday whether to bar reporters and the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[20391,140678,140681,74,76,75,140679,140680],"class_list":["post-341512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-charlie-kirk","tag-charlie-kirk-killing","tag-charlie-kirk-trial","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-tyler-robinson","tag-tyler-robinson-hearing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}