MICHAEL RUIZ: Tyler Robinson judge to give long-awaited trial date ruling in assassination of Charlie Kirk
PROVO, Utah — The judge overseeing the case against accused assassin Tyler Robinson will announce his ruling Monday after prosecutors and defense attorneys sought dramatically different start times for the trial of a man accused of gunning down Charlie Kirk last year.Robinson, 22, is accused of assassinating the 31-year-old Kirk at Utah Valley University on Sept.10, 2025, during a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University in Orem by shooting him with a .30-06 hunting rifle from a rooftop on the other side of the campus courtyard.The sides are years apart on when they want the trial to begin.Utah County prosecutors have asked in court documents and oral arguments for Jan.
31, 2028, as their preferred trial date but said they could be ready in October 2027.Robinson's defense team has proposed late 2029 as a "soft target" trial date.TYLER ROBINSON HEARING ENDS WITHOUT TRIAL DATE SET, PROMPTING FIERY PLEA FROM ERIKA KIRK'S LAWYERTyler Robinson, the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk, is seen in court in his first in-person court appearance on Dec.
11, 2025.(Pool/KSL-TV)Staci Visser, one of Robinson's defense lawyers, said at a hearing in October that the state's timeline is "not practical" due to large amounts of discovery."Discovery review is foundational," she said.
"It impacts everything else."MICHAEL RUIZ: TYLER ROBINSON BLAMES TRUMP POST IN PUSH FOR CAMERA BANThe court is also attempting to work with both sides to avoid setting a date that conflicts with previously scheduled trials they have in other cases.Charlie Kirk speaks at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025 in Orem, Utah.Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, was speaking at his "American Comeback Tour" when he was shot in the neck and killed.
(Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)One directly conflicted with the prosecution's desired start date, a federal racketeering case defense attorney Richard Novak has scheduled for Jan.10, 2028."The reality is rus...