Tyler Robinson has spent over nine months dodging a plea in the Charlie Kirk assassination case, and a former federal prosecutor says he's following the same playbook as one of the most notorious murderers in recent memory with one goal in mind.Robinson, 23, faces several charges after he allegedly shot and killed conservative icon Kirk at Utah Valley University on Sept.10, 2025.
He has yet to enter a plea, as an arraignment cannot be held until the preliminary hearing has been conducted in Utah.A preliminary hearing is scheduled for July 6-10.Robinson's legal team has flooded the court with motions, successfully delaying the case at every chance they've gotten.Former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani told Fox News Digital that Robinson's defense is running the same playbook as one of the most notorious murderers in recent memory: Bryan Kohberger.CHARLIE KIRK ASSASSINATION SUSPECT'S DEFENSE PLAYING LONG GAME FOR POSSIBLE DEATH ROW APPEAL: LEGAL EXPERTTyler Robinson appears during a hearing in 4th District Court in Provo, Utah, on June 12, 2026, in connection with the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk.
(Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune)"Tyler Robinson hasn't entered a plea because the defense is filing a lot of pretrial motions to put the prosecution on its heels.Things like trying to disqualify the entire Utah County Attorney's Office, trying to get some of the evidence suppressed, trying to get a contempt order because the prosecutors violated the court's gag order.
These are things the defense's doing to try to get the death penalty off the table," Rahmani said."They're really taking a playbook from...
how the lawyers in Idaho in the Bryan Kohberger case handled that litigation."In Kohberger's case, he pleaded guilty in July 2025 to killing Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin on Nov.13, 2022.FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON XBryan Kohberger appears at the Ada County Courthouse in Boise, Idaho, on July 23, 2025, for sentencing ...