Tyler Robinson's defense lawyers are asking a Utah judge to strike prosecutors' latest filing opposing their request to remove the death penalty as a sanction for alleged violations of a gag order.Robinson's team argued in a filing Thursday that it would be an appropriate sanction after prosecutors talked about the case outside of court."The only way that this Court can demonstrate that its orders, and the ethical rules that counsel must obey, are not optional when it comes to the State’s attorneys, even in this case, is to impose the sanction undersigned counsel have urged upon this Court: striking the State’s death notice," reads the filing, signed by defense attorneys Kathryn Nester, Richard Novak, Michael Burt and Staci Visser.Prosecutors have countered that they did not violate the gag order or any other court rules when they "set the record straight" after what they call a misleading statement from a defense filing led to viral news coverage suggesting that the ATF could not match the bullet that killed Charlie Kirk to the suspected murder weapon, Robinson's grandfather's rifle.CHARLIE KIRK ASSASSINATION: DAILY MAIL ACCUSED OF 'MEDIA MALFEASANCE' OVER BOTCHED BULLET ANALYSISTyler Robinson is accused of fatally shooting Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk at a public speaking event at Utah Valley University in September.(Bethany Baker/Pool via REUTERS, Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)The ATF could neither identify nor exclude Robinson's grandfather's rifle as the source of the bullet fragment recovered from Kirk, describing the tool mark analysis as inconclusive, according to court records.
But the caliber was consistent, and a spent casing was also a match.Prosecutors have said they plan to seek the death penalty if Robinson is convicted of assassinating Kirk during a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University on Sept.10, 2025.The back-and-forth has evolved into a war of words, with prosecutors accusing the defense of releasing ...