Charlie Kirk throws hats to the crowd after arriving at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, 2025, in Orem, Utah. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)

Previously, the department said it wasn’t aware of Robinson making any suicidal comments.

Former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani told Fox News Digital the mental health evaluation likely “suggests that he should not be housed with the general population,” as Robinson remains within a “special housing unit.”

Police officers and FBI agents walk through the courtyard at Utah Valley University where Charlie Kirk was assassinated Sept. 10, 2025.  (Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

“A full mental health evaluation will be conducted by his defense team to try to negotiate a plea deal to save his life, to put on an insanity or diminished capacity defense during the guilt phase, which is challenging under Utah law, or to put on evidence of mitigation during the death penalty phase,” Rahmani said.

Fox News Digital’s Stephen Sorace contributed to this report.