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In a significant development, Tyler James Robinson is scheduled for an in-person court appearance this Friday afternoon. Robinson faces serious allegations, including aggravated murder, in connection with the fatal shooting of well-known conservative influencer Charlie Kirk.
The tragic incident occurred last September during a rally at Utah Valley University, where Kirk was a prominent speaker. The event has attracted widespread attention, and Robinson, aged 22, has since been at the center of the ensuing legal proceedings.
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PROVO, Utah (KTVX) – Tyler James Robinson, the man accused of fatally shooting conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, is set to make an in-person court appearance on Friday afternoon.
Robinson, 22, is facing several charges, including one of aggravated murder, in the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk during a rally at Utah Valley University in September.
Motion to disqualify
In December 2025, Robinson’s attorneys filed a motion arguing that the Utah County Attorney’s Office has a “concurrent conflict of interest based upon personal connections to a direct witness/victim to the events at issue in this case.”
Robinson’s attorneys argued that the deputy county attorney’s relationship to a witness endangers the case. They noted that while they are not calling into question his integrity, they do not believe he and his son are “immune to [the] trauma” of the event and its aftermath, which could potentially lead him to make decisions outside of the interests of the prosecution.
The prosecution responded to the motion, arguing that the conflict of interest does not exist and that the son of the deputy county attorney who witnessed these events is an adult and had a “comparatively minor emotional reaction” to others who were closer during the assassination.
They also argue that the family member’s testimony is among “literally thousands of other witnesses” because he was there during the event but was not close and had “no personal knowledge of the actual murder.”
The motion is set to be discussed at an in-person hearing on Friday at 1 p.m. ET.
