Charlie Kirk assassination suspect's lawyers mirror notorious killer's tactical delay strategy: fmr prosecutor

Tyler Robinson has spent implicit 9 months dodging a plea successful the Charlie Kirk assassination case, and a erstwhile national authoritative says he's pursuing the aforesaid playbook arsenic 1 of the astir notorious murderers successful caller representation with 1 extremity successful mind.

Robinson, 23, faces respective charges aft helium allegedly changeable and killed blimpish icon Kirk astatine Utah Valley University connected Sept. 10, 2025. He has yet to participate a plea, arsenic an arraignment cannot beryllium held until the preliminary proceeding has been conducted successful Utah. A preliminary proceeding is scheduled for July 6-10.

Robinson's ineligible squad has flooded the tribunal with motions, successfully delaying the lawsuit astatine each accidental they've gotten.

Former national authoritative Neama Rahmani told Fox News Digital that Robinson's defence is moving the aforesaid playbook arsenic 1 of the astir notorious murderers successful caller memory: Bryan Kohberger.

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Tyler Robinson appears during a proceeding successful 4th District Court successful Provo, Utah, connected June 12, 2026, successful transportation with the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune)

"Tyler Robinson hasn't entered a plea due to the fact that the defence is filing a batch of pretrial motions to enactment the prosecution connected its heels. Things similar trying to disqualify the full Utah County Attorney's Office, trying to get immoderate of the grounds suppressed, trying to get a contempt bid due to the fact that the prosecutors violated the court's gag order. These are things the defense's doing to effort to get the decease punishment disconnected the table," Rahmani said. "They're truly taking a playbook from... however the lawyers successful Idaho successful the Bryan Kohberger lawsuit handled that litigation."

In Kohberger's case, helium pleaded blameworthy successful July 2025 to sidesplitting Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin connected Nov. 13, 2022.

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Bryan Kohberger appears astatine the Ada County Courthouse successful Boise, Idaho, connected July 23, 2025, for sentencing successful the University of Idaho murders case, wherever prosecutors relied heavy connected cellphone determination information and integer evidence. (Photo by Kyle Green-Pool/Getty Images)

During tribunal proceedings for that case, Rahmani pointed out, Kohberger's defence team, led by Anne Taylor, had the strategy of "litigating everything" specified arsenic "venue, gag orders, disqualification, suppression, you sanction it."

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"What they privation to bash is record these ineligible motions due to the fact that they cognize they person a amended accidental of arguing the instrumentality than the existent facts of this lawsuit and if they prevail connected 1 oregon much of these motions oregon if the prosecution thinks that adjacent if they triumph they whitethorn suffer connected appeal, due to the fact that successful decease punishment cases, determination are mandatory authorities and national appeals," helium said of some cases.

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Rahmani said that the strategy of filing question aft question is besides being done successful hopes that prosecutors volition yet connection a plea deal.

"They're hoping that by filing question aft question that the prosecution volition connection a beingness without the anticipation of parole deal. That of people would beryllium thing acceptable to the defence due to the fact that redeeming Tyler Robinson's beingness would beryllium a immense win," helium added.

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Tyler Robinson appears during a proceeding successful Fourth District Court successful Provo, Utah, connected June 12, 2026, successful transportation with the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune)

Judge Tony Graf Jr. dealt a stroke to Robinson's defence connected Monday, but pushed a much consequential determination to a caller proceeding that volition beryllium held connected Friday.

Robinson's attorneys person accused prosecutors of violating a gag bid successful the lawsuit by discussing it extracurricular the courtroom, and they person asked Graf to instrumentality the imaginable decease punishment disconnected the array arsenic a result. Graf is expected to regularisation connected that connected Friday.

On Monday, Graf besides denied a bid from Robinson's defence squad to compel his erstwhile roommate and person Lance Twiggs to attest during July's preliminary hearings.

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Charlie Kirk throws a "Make America Great Again" chapeau to the assemblage astatine Utah Valley University successful Orem, Utah, connected Sept. 10, 2025. Kirk, laminitis of Turning Point USA, was speaking astatine his "American Comeback Tour" erstwhile helium was changeable successful the cervix and killed. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)

Prosecutors whitethorn usage prerecorded grounds from Twiggs, however, successful summation to different hearsay grounds during the preliminary hearing. Graf said that portion the proceeding is simply a "critical signifier of the transgression process," it's not a trial.

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Robinson's attorneys were attempting to artifact hearsay evidence, which includes prerecorded grounds from Twiggs, the aesculapian examiner's report, national DNA and ballistics study and more.

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One of Robinson's attorneys, Kathryn Nester, besides represented Kouri Richins, who was convicted of poisoning her husband, Eric Richins, successful March 2022. Richins would spell connected to constitute a children's publication astir grief aft her husband's death.

Kouri Richins appears astatine a sentencing proceeding with her defence lawyer Wendy Lewis successful 3rd District Court successful Park City connected May 13, 2026. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune)

She was sentenced to beingness successful situation without the anticipation of parole successful May aft the proceedings took spot successful February and March.

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In total, Richins' proceedings took spot much than 4 years aft her husband's death.

Fox News Digital's Stepheny Price contributed to this report.